Enable Hidden “Add Multiple Users” Option in MIUI (Xiaomi)

In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable the hidden Add Multiple Users option in Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco/Mi devices running MIUI. The Chinese OEM’s underlying OS skin is perhaps the most feature-rich out there. They have baked in such a plethora of features that some even argue it to be a bloated OS, with tons of unnecessary pre-installed apps. While that is a never-ending debate, there’s another aspect of this OS skin that is hard to understand.

They tend to disable, hide or take away certain features as per their linking. Quite recently, they disabled the new Control Center as well as the Gaussian Blur effect on Redmi Note 9 series devices. However, you could easily enable it via a handy workaround. Along the same lines, the have hidden the ability to add multiple users on its devices. For the unaware, this option allows you to create different profiles for different purpose.

For example, you could create one for work, one for testing purposes and one for personal usage. All these profiles act as a standalone environment without any interaction with the other ones, However, this feature is hidden bydefault and you would have to carry out a few tweaks to bring it back. And this guide will show you how to do just that. So without further ado, let’s get started with the steps to enable the hidden Add Multiple Users option in Xiaomi devices.

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Enable Hidden “Add Multiple Users” Option in MIUI (Xiaomi)

1. To begin with, head over to the Settings page on your device.
2. Then go to About Phone and tap on MIUI Version 7 times. This shall enable Developer Options.
   
3. So go back to Settings > Additonal Setting > Developer Option.
4. Scroll to the end of the page and then turn off the toggle next to Turn on MIUI Optimizations.
   
5. You will now get a warning message, wait for five seconds and then hit the Accept button.
   
6. Once that is done, go to Settings > Multiple Users and tap on the Add user option.
   
7. Then tap OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.
   
8. After that, tap on Set up now in the subsequent dialog box.
   
9. The setup process will now begin. Type in the Gmail account crednetials for that user and select the desired lock screen pattern.
   
10. Once done, you shall see the new user successfully added.
    
11. As a final step, tap on the Settings icon next to that user and make sure to enable the ‘Turn on phone calls and SMS’ option.
    

So with this, we round off the guide on how you could enable the hidden Add Multiple Users option in Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco/Mi devices running MIUI. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

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