In this guide

Open Home screen
Gestures or Buttons
Tap Buttons for three buttons
See the buttons
Button options
Gesture options
Press and hold the line
Learn the gestures
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Short answer

Go to Settings, Home screen, System navigation and tap Gestures or Buttons. With Gestures you swipe up from the bottom to go Home and swipe in from the left or right edge to go back. Buttons puts three buttons at the bottom. Ours used Gestures.

Device: Android
Shown on: Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16
App: Settings
Path: Settings › Home screen › System navigation › Gestures or Buttons
Real screenshots: 8 of 8 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 3 official, linked below

Step by step

Open Home screen
Open Settings and tap Home screen. System navigation is near the bottom, under Other. Ours said Gestures.
Done
Gestures or Buttons
Two cards show Gestures and Buttons. Ours had Gestures selected, with a blue frame.
Done
Tap Buttons for three buttons
Tap Buttons. The blue frame moves to it, and three buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.
Done
See the buttons
On our home screen the bar showed a square, a circle and a back arrow, from left to right.
Done
Button options
With Buttons, the page has Mirror buttons (on on ours: Back and Menu swapped), Automatically disable navigation buttons, and Press and hold for the Menu, Home and Back buttons. Ours: None, Circle to Search, None.
Done
Gesture options
With Gestures, Hide full screen indicator removes the line at the bottom (off on ours). Gesture confirmation was on: in games or videos a gesture then only works when you repeat it.
Done
Press and hold the line
Under Shortcuts, Press and hold full screen indicator was set to Circle to Search. Xiaomi's guide says the other choice is None.
Done
Learn the gestures
Gesture demos at the bottom: swipe up from the bottom for Home, swipe up and pause for Recents, swipe in from the left or right edge to go back, and swipe left or right along the bottom to switch apps.
Done

If you do not see this option

No Button shortcuts row? Xiaomi says the Xiaomi 14T has a Button shortcuts row for the buttons. On ours the Press and hold rows sat straight under Shortcuts instead. Source: How to manage the system navigation methods on the Xiaomi 14T?
Older Redmi? Xiaomi says on the Redmi Note 9 you pick full-screen gestures when you first set up the phone, or switch later in the system's full-screen options. Source: Redmi Note 9 FAQ

If this does not work

Back button on the wrong side? Mirror buttons was on on ours, which swaps Back and Menu. Turn it off to swap them back. Source: How to manage the system navigation methods on the Xiaomi 14T?
Buttons vanished in an app? Automatically disable navigation buttons hides them when the status bar isn't shown. Xiaomi says to double tap any navigation button to bring them back, or turn the option off. Source: How to manage the system navigation methods on the Xiaomi 14T?
Circle to Search opens when you rest your thumb? Set Press and hold full screen indicator to None. Xiaomi's guide lists it as a choice. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

About this guide

Xiaomi calls this System navigation. It sits under Home screen, not under Display.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. Gestures was selected on ours. We switched to Buttons for the screenshots and back to Gestures.