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Participant
August 20, 2026

Can't turn AI Studio off in Stock

AI Studio has seriously damaged the Adobe Stock search experience. I use Adobe Stock professionally to source images, not to generate or edit them. Previously, clicking an image allowed me to inspect the asset properly and, crucially, browse other images from the same shoot or series. The new AI Studio behaviour removes that workflow and makes Stock much slower and less useful.

Please restore the normal asset detail page as the default when clicking a Stock image, or provide an account setting that allows users to disable AI Studio or toggle it on or off. AI tools should be optional, not forced into a paid professional stock-image service.

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    Participant
    August 23, 2026

    Try right clicking on the image, then click “open in new tab”. That worked for me 👍

    Participant
    August 23, 2026

    Yes, that works for me too 👍 I was actually just curious to see how this behaviour differs between browsers, and interestingly, in Microsoft Edge it still seems to work the old-fashioned way: clicking the image takes you to the normal Stock asset page rather than directly into AI Studio.

    So there are apparently still ways to get the experience we had before, depending on the browser or how you open the image.

    That makes the change even more confusing. If the normal asset page is still available, why force users into AI Studio in the first place?

    The workaround of opening the image in a new tab works, but why should users have to discover workarounds, change browsers, or use the middle mouse button just to get the normal experience when they are trying to inspect and purchase a Stock image?

    AI Studio may be a perfectly good addition, but it should be an optional tool, not something that gets in the way of the basic Stock purchasing workflow.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 23, 2026

    there are apparently still ways to get the experience we had before,

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Participant
    August 23, 2026

    I completely agree with this issue. The problem is not that AI Studio exists. It may actually be useful for some users.

    The problem is that opening a Stock image directly in AI Studio is not what a user expects when they click an image because they want to purchase it.

    When I am searching Adobe Stock for a picture to license, I expect to be taken to the normal asset detail page where I can properly inspect the image, see its information, and, importantly, browse other images from the same shoot or series.

    AI Studio could certainly be available as an option from the asset page, but it should not replace the normal Stock asset page as the default destination.

    Please restore the normal asset detail page when clicking a Stock image, and make AI Studio an optional action rather than forcing it into the purchasing workflow. For professional Stock users, this change makes the search and selection process unnecessarily confusing and inefficient.

    Participant
    August 22, 2026

    In addition it also retains a history of every single photo I look at. This is creepy. 

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 22, 2026

    it also retains a history of every single photo I look at.

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    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Participant
    August 21, 2026

    This is horrible. A workaround I found is to click the picture using the middle mouse button (wheel). This will open the image in a new tab, in a view that is somewhat similar to how it used to be a few days ago.

    Participant
    August 23, 2026

    Ah that’s really helpful - I don’t have a middle button, but I right-clicked and opened in new tab and that had the same effect. Thanks for this! Yes, what they’ve done is horrible!

    Participant
    August 20, 2026

    This is so annoying. Was not there last week and now every time i click on an image/photo it opens Ai Studio/Editor, I dont want this and really dont like this. I want info of the photo! Please turn this off.

    Participant
    August 20, 2026

    Horrible, isn’t it! 

    Participant
    August 20, 2026

    Also. AI Studio isn’t even included in my current Adobe subscription. So Adobe Stock is now diverting me into a feature that requires me to upgrade. The “see similar” option is not an adequate replacement for browsing the rest of an image series. This feels like a really sneaky upsell at the expense of functionality I already pay for. Sort it out!