How to disable Gemini Smart Features in Google Workspace

Overview

Certain "smart" features in Google Workspace can be disabled in your Google account settings. To learn more about what these “smart” features provide, visit Google’s smart features help documentation.

How to disable various Gemini Smart features from within Gmail settings

1. Log into your MHC Gmail in your web browser.

2. Select the Settings icon  (it looks like a small gear or wheel) in the top-right corner.

3. Choose See all settings.

4. Open the General tab at the top.

5. Navigate down until you find the section called Smart features.

6. Find the option that says Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet. Here you can check the box to enable these features, or uncheck the box to disable them.
   

   • Please note that you won't be able to turn on the following other Gmail settings if you haven't checked the box next to "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet":

     • Grammar suggestions
     • Spelling suggestions
     • Autocorrect
     • Smart Compose (Predictive writing suggestions appear as you compose an email. For example filling in "Hi [name]" with the name of the email recipient when you press tab )
     • Smart Compose personalization (Smart Compose is personalized to your writing style)
     • Nudges (Emails you might have forgotten to reply to will appear at the top of your inbox)
     • Smart Reply (Show suggested replies when available)

7. Right below that setting, select the button that says Manage Workspace Smart Feature Settings to manage smart features for other Google apps.
   

8. 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
     

9. Navigate to the bottom right corner and choose Save.

10. It can take some time and logging out and back in before you'll see the changes take effect.

Hide the Gemini bottom bar in Google Docs

Note: This setting is fully separate from the settings described above and needs to be turned off if you don't want to see the Gemini bottom bar in Google docs even if you've already turned off the settings in the previous section. You've only got to make this settings change once, in one Google Doc, and that will update it across all Google Docs for you.

1. Open Google Docs in your web browser.
2. Open a document you already have, or start a new Google Doc.
3. Select Gemini in the top menu bar.
4. Select Show Gemini bottom bar to check or uncheck it.