How to create Mi Cloud Storage – Newbie FAQ

1. First of all you need to have registered Xiaomi Mi Account. These account can be used to sign in into any Xiaomi services as well as official en.miui.com forum. Find out how to create Mi Account here.
2. Now go to https://i.mi.com/?_locale=en and enter your Mi Account ID and password.
3. After you’ve signed in you should see your personal data.
4. In the beginning you’ll get 5GB free cloud storage space, and if you visit your storage each month, you’ll get an additional 1GB per month. If you’ve got Mi-Credits from official MIUI forum, then you can immediately get 100GB/year or even more.
5. In case you’ve forgot your password, you can restore it here https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/forgetPassword

Now all you data from your Xiaomi phone will be automatically synchronized with the cloud storage. This is very convenient, since you can easily restore all your settings and contacts after a factory reset or full wipe. And it takes only a few minutes. Also we can recommend to manually synchronize your phone data with Mi Cloud storage once a week for example. Even if you change your current Xiaomi phone model to a newer one, you can easily transfer everything to a new phone using the Mi Cloud account.

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Tutorial on how to register and use your Mi Account

Mi Account registration with E-mail:

1. Visit https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register
2. Select the country, enter your e-mail, date of birth and optionally subscribe to a newsletter.
3. Press “Create Mi Account”.
4. The new window will show up, where you need to enter a password.
5. Now check the e-mail you’ve entered, you should receive a confirmation letter.
6. Activate your account by clicking the activation link.

Create Mi Account using your phone number:

1. Go to https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register
2. Press “Create using a phone number”.
3. Select the country, enter your phone number, date of birth and optionally subscribe to a newsletter.
4. Press “Create Mi Account”.
5. You should receive and SMS message with your verification code, enter it and press “Next”.
6. Now create a password for your account.
7. If everything was done correctly, you should see a smile face icon.

That’s pretty much all you need to know to create your Mi-Account right now!

How to completely delete Mi-Account?

In case you want to completely remove your Mi-Account, here’s a short guide on how to do this. It’s recommended to use your PC. Before deleting your account you must remove all connected and synced devices.

1. Go to https://account.xiaomi.com and sign in into the account you want to delete permanently.
2. Now open this link https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/del
3. Confirm the removal.
4. Your account will be completely removed.

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