How to Disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs
TL;DR
New AI toolbars and prompts keep appearing in Google Docs and Gmail, often without being requested. If you do not want Gemini helping with your documents and emails, Wired walks through turning the features off step by step. Both the sidebar and the inline writing suggestions are covered, and the process needs no additional software.
Nauti's Take
The practical upside is real: anyone who finds AI suggestions disruptive while writing gets control of their own interface back. The catch is that the switches sit scattered across submenus and Google keeps resetting defaults with each rollout.
Turning it off pays for focused writing, while people who want to offload research and rough drafts should keep the features on deliberately.
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