How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away. It happened to me: I opened a Google Doc to write an article, and I was immediately confronted with a text box inviting me to "write with Gemini. " I looked for some button to swipe away the garish AI display, but I could not find it.
Key Takeaways
- Now, instead of writing the article I'm supposed to be working on, I am writing about how to get the AI pop-ups off of your Google Docs screen, since it took me some time to figure out.
The first fix is pretty straightforward: Click "Gemini" on the top menu bar above your document.
- It simply closed the conversation, the one in which I was asking it how to turn itself off.
Other aggrieved Google Docs users have reported features that I have yet to encounter, like a "help me write" feature that hovers over your cursor while you work.
- From there, find the gear icon for Settings and click it.
- You should now be safe from annoying Gemini pop-ups that disrupt your writing process in Google Docs.
Amanda Silberling Senior Writer Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture.
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Now, instead of writing the article I'm supposed to be working on, I am writing about how to get the AI pop-ups off of your Google Docs screen, since it took me some time to figure out. The first fix is pretty straightforward: Click "Gemini" on the top menu bar above your document. On the drop-down menu, select "bottom bar preferences.
" You can choose to turn off that bottom bar, which will get rid of that AI box at the bottom of your screen. Full disclosure: I was so enraged when I set out to find "bottom bar preferences" that I initially missed it entirely. Instead, I clicked "Ask something else" and asked Gemini to help me remove itself from my life.
AI may not be human, but Gemini seemed to have some sort of survival instinct, because it told me to click the "X" icon. It simply closed the conversation, the one in which I was asking it how to turn itself off. Other aggrieved Google Docs users have reported features that I have yet to encounter, like a "help me write" feature that hovers over your cursor while you work.
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