How to stop Wallpaper Carousel popup

[Wiganken]

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
Platform: MIUI Global 12.5.5 Stable
Android 11 RKQ1.201004.002
Android security update 2022.05.01

There is an icon at bottom left corner of the lock screen. It looks like a tulip flower (See photo 1) and the slightest accidental swipe right on it causes the Wallpaper Carousel popup (Photo 2) to launch. I have to tap on ‘Don’t agree’ each time it happens. Even being careful how I handle the phone it is very difficult to avoid sometimes. I’m sure Xiaomi have designed it that way and it may be built-into the OS but: -

Is there any way to remove the Tulip icon from the Lock screen?

 

[Mr Bojangles1]

Not familiar, but have you tried using the search bar in settings? Search for lock screen or other similar searches and all the related settings should come up.

 

[Wiganken]

Thank you. Yes, I have tried various Wallpaper Carousel (WC) settings: -

1. WC is turned off.
2. Consent withdrawn for WC.
3. 'Discover' is turned off.

None of these remove the icon and, if I accidentaly swipe on the icon whilst handling the phone, even by a small amount I am prompted to turn 'Discover' back on. It seems like a deliberately designed trigger trap similar to push-notifications and very annoying.

 

[Javier P]

Thank you. Yes, I have tried various Wallpaper Carousel (WC) settings: -

1. WC is turned off.
2. Consent withdrawn for WC.
3. 'Discover' is turned off.

None of these remove the icon and, if I accidentaly swipe on the icon whilst handling the phone, even by a small amount I am prompted to turn 'Discover' back on. It seems like a deliberately designed trigger trap similar to push-notifications and very annoying.

Many users decided to uninstall the Wallpaper Carousel app to avoid that annoying issue.

 

[Madd62]

My Xiaomi has an Amoled screen with an Always On Display so try looking for a setting similar to this without the AOD option :

Always On Display and Lock Screen - Wallpaper Carousel

I can turn off Wallpaper Carousel in the lock screen, though the Lock screen icon remains.

 

[Wiganken]

@Javier P - Thank you for your photo. It worked.

Edited extract from photo that worked: -

MIUI 12.5 allows non-essential System apps to be uninstalled so uninstall ‘Carousel’ app via Settings > Manage apps > Uninstall then select the app and ‘Uninstall’ it. The tulip icon is replaced by a ‘dead’ circle icon that does nothing but allows ‘swipe up to unlock’ function.

I hadn't realised that you can uninstall some system apps so I never even thought about doing it.

Consider this thread solved and thank you again.

 

[Javier P]

@Javier P - Thank you for your first photo. It worked.

Edited extract from photo that worked: -

MIUI 12.5 allows non-essential System apps to be uninstalled so uninstall ‘Carousel’ app via Settings > Manage apps > Uninstall then select the app and ‘Uninstall’ it. The tulip icon is replaced by a ‘dead’ circle icon that does nothing but allows ‘swipe up to unlock’ function.

Consider this thread solved. Thank you again.

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Excellent. Glad it helped and thanks for the follow up.

 

[Macdtek]

Instructions followed as above and have now gotten rid of the annoying tulip icon. Thanks to all ??????

 

[JokersDisease]

Instructions followed as above and have now gotten rid of the annoying tulip icon. Thanks to all ������

The solution i found was: settings-apps- permissions-other permissions amd then find the carousel tap it and you can set all of his oermisions to "deny"

It stops to show up whem i swipe on my lock screen but i notice that it can't accept the rejection and go on ������ and when you unlock the screen you see in a blink the window of the carousel app to vanish...at least it dosent show up randomly..

Upfate. In my case i found that if i run the cleaner for cache etc this blink when I unlock the screen disappears