Disabling Gemini Smart Features in Google Workspace

You can change your settings to turn off some “smart” features and Gemini tools in Google Workspace. To learn more about what these “smart” features provide, visit Google’s smart features help documentation.

Change Smart Features for Gmail, Chat, and Meet

  1. Open Gmail in your web browser.
  2. Click the Settings icon Gmail settings icon (it looks like a small gear or wheel) in the top-right corner.
  3. Select See all settings Gmail "See all settings" buttons..
  4. Click the General tab at the top.
  5. Scroll down until you find the section called Smart features.
  6. Find the option that says Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet.
    General Gmail settings smart features.
  7. Here you can check the box to enable these features, or uncheck the box to disable them.

Change Smart Features for Other Google Products (Calendar, Drive, etc.)

Note: Changing these settings in Gmail will also change them for Google Calendar, Chat, Drive, and Meet.

  1. Open Gmail in your web browser.
  2. Click the Settings icon Gmail settings icon (the gear) in the top-right corner.
  3. Select See all settings Gmail "See all settings" buttons..
  4. Click the General tab at the top.
  5. Scroll down until you see Google Workspace smart features.
  6. Select the button that says Manage Workspace smart feature settings.
    Gmail general settings Manage Workspace smart features setting button.
  7. Here you can toggle the switch to enable these features, or toggle the switch to disable them:
    • Smart features in Google Workspace
    • Smart features in other Google products
      Google Workspace smart features setting sliders.
  8. Navigate to the bottom right corner and click Save.

Hide the Gemini Bottom Bar in Google Docs

Note: If you hide the Gemini bar in one Google Document, it will also hide the bar in all your other Google Documents.

  1. Open Google Docs in your web browser.
  2. Open a document you already have, or start a new Google Doc.
  3. Click Gemini in the top menu bar.
    Hide the bottombar in Google Docs screenshot.
  4. Select Bottom bar preferences.
  5. Click Turn off.

Change Gemini Smart Features in Google Sheets

Note: If you disable smart features in a Google Sheet, it will disable them for all of your Google Sheets.

  1. Open Google Sheets in your web browser.
  2. Open a Google Sheet you already have, or start a new Google Sheet.
  3. Click Gemini in the top menu bar.
    Google Sheets Gemini settings screenshot
  4. Select Preferences.
  5. Here you can uncheck the following settings to disable them:
    • Enable Enhanced Smart Fill Suggestions
    • Enable Table Suggestions
    • Enable Data Analysis Suggestions
    • Enable Fill with Gemini
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