How To Turn Off Gemini In Your Gmail, Docs, Photos, And More - It's Easy To Opt Out

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Are you disappointment by Google's insistence connected injecting Gemini into everything? There's a measurement out.

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While immoderate users bask Google's AI features that look to roll retired each week, others would alternatively person things nan measurement they were earlier Gemini. Google somewhat sneakily buries Gemini nether a mounting called "Smart features," but if you cognize wherever to look, there's an action to wholly move disconnected Gemini from Gmail, Google Docs, Google Photos, and each different Google product.

How to disable Gemini from Gmail, Google Docs, aliases Drive

Go to your Gmail relationship and pat aliases click connected nan settings gear. I've only recovered this mounting successful Gmail contempt nan truth that it affects Drive, Docs, Photos, and each different Google product. If you cheque settings successful those apps, this characteristic isn't there. This useful from nan app aliases nan browser type of Gmail.

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From Gmail settings:

1. Choose "See each settings."
2. Scroll down nether nan "General" tab until you spot "Google Workspace smart features."
3. Select "Manage Workspace smart characteristic settings."

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Once you're there, you'll spot 2 toggles. The apical 1 is for Google Workspace products, nan bottommost 1 is for different Google products that interact pinch Workspace information (like Maps and Wallet).

"When you move this mounting on," a connection explains, "you work together to fto Google Workspace usage your Workspace contented and activity to personalize your acquisition crossed Workspace." The connection goes connected to explicate that "smart features" see things for illustration showing events from Gmail successful your almanac (flight itineraries, arena tickets, and such) and personalized contented for illustration keyword suggestions and record suggestions.

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The 3rd illustration is what we're after: "Ask Gemini to summarize content, create drafts, and find cardinal information, on pinch different Gemini for Workspace features." Toggle that off, and you'll nary longer person Gemini crossed immoderate Google product. Be warned: it does mean you'll suffer nan different features, too.

When I tried this for myself, I noticed that nan Gemini fastener was still location crossed different products. If I clicked connected it, though, Google prompted maine to move connected smart features to get Gemini back. I didn't announcement Gemini summaries successful Gmail aliases immoderate different Gemini suggestions crossed different apps. From everything I could see, Gemini seemed gone entirely.

How to move disconnected Ask Gemini successful Google Photos

The only objection seemed to beryllium Gemini successful Google Photos. When I opened nan Photos app, Ask Gemini functioned normally. In nan Google Photos settings, though, I recovered a toggle to move disconnected Gemini successful Photos. When I did, nan classical hunt became my only option.

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Whether it's for privateness concerns, capacity issues, nan sometimes inaccuracy of AI, aliases conscionable a desire to support things nan measurement they are, it's bully to cognize that Google leaves you a measurement to opt out, moreover if it is simply a small hidden.

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