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sohobella
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July 6, 2023
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How can I permanently disable AI-generated images showing up in my searches?

  • July 6, 2023
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I've noticed very poor quality AI-generated images showing up in my Adobe Stock searches. The only way to filter these out is to manually select a box "Exclude AI-generated Imagery" every single time I do a search. If I begin a new search it defaults back every single time to include AI-imagery.

 

I cannot use AI-generated imagery in my work as a designer. I am against the concept of it, and it's decimating the creative industries. Also, the images are horrible quality and not professional.

 

I need a way to permanently disable AI-imagery showing up in my searches. Adobe, can you please add this as a function to my account?

 

I also hope more creatives speak up about this in the comments below. I am considering leaving Adobe as a customer if they continue to push poor quality AI-generated content on their site.

77 replies

Known Participant
July 7, 2025

Adobe is basically selling out for AI money at this point at the cost to the people who put them where they are, shameful, hopefully enough people willend subscriptions and make them see that AI computers wont pay their bills and they need to listen to the actual people who fund their wallets. 

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 4, 2025

Adobe is well aware of this request. Some months ago, they actually briefly implemented a change in the Buyer portal that automatically eliminated AI images in searches unless that checkbox was unchecked. However, due to a fervent outcry among Contributors, they actually removed it less than a day later, which I think was a mistake. 

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Inspiring
July 5, 2025
No doubt the outcry to keep AI enabled was predominantly from the
pro-AI-by-default users.

Perhaps Adobe could consider Shutterstock's approach
https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Shutterstock-ai-and-Computer-Vision-Contributor-FAQ?language=en_US
Known Participant
July 3, 2025

this does nothing here, its over 3 years old, adobe doesnt care lol

Known Participant
July 3, 2025

No they dont. Never seen a response, this thread is over 3 years old and no response other than weird adobe fan bots who say things like "upvoet the original" which does nothing....adobe lacks support

rodrigob49755234
Participant
July 3, 2025

We are approaching two years from the original post without a solution for this. I don't think they'll ever change it.

 

For anyone interested, my extensions for Chrome and Firefox still work.

They change the URL locally to force the Exclude AI filter automatically.


Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adobe-stock-ai-remover/mnffogghgphkbchlaobpokaoaphpmgej

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/adobe-stock-ai-remover/

 

The extensions have no ads and don't collect any data.

If you can't install extensions for some reason, let me know if you want the code to run your own extension locally.

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 3, 2025
quote
 Does Adobe read these forums?
By @Ben @Bliz 

Yes!

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Inspiring
July 2, 2025

Likely, they (Adobe) use standard corporate approaches to this. It would have to have enough votes to get on the radar screen of the Product Managers. Do I think this is the best approach? No, I don't ... but our society is set up that way (x number of votes gets the nod ... maybe ... but subject to the usual background layers of corporate priorities). So I live with it (somewhat under duress given that it is a paid service). It's how The System works with whatever corporate-speak and rationales behind it all. So, yes, some of these might get read by decision makers. But many only get a cursory glance unless it aligned with higher-level interests. Never hurts to speak up though! Me? I am cancelling most of my Adobe licenses until they start listening. If Adobe was a restaurant, I would think twice about going back. They have some decent products, but it is the whole package of service (like at a restaurant) that matters.

Participant
July 1, 2025

This seems like an incredibly desired feature. Does Adobe read these forums?

Participant
July 1, 2025

For legal reasons my company cannot risk using GenAI images, but they are always presented in search results by default. This means every time I open Adobe Stock, I have to run my first search twice (the second time with"Exclude Generative AI" manually checked.

 

Please add the capacity for AdobeStock to remember this filter choice. Additionally, please add an identifying badge in the corner of the thumbnail for GenAI images so that I don't accidentally select one.

 


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Participant
July 2, 2025

I have the same problem within Adobe Express. Drives me crazy. There is a little icon marking them as gen AI images, but I want to hide them altogether, without having to re-select the filter every seingle time. I also don't want to be wasting resources generating AI images that I will never use. 

Known Participant
June 3, 2025

Oh yeah, but it does nothing. I've found every additional forum that talks about this topic and upvoted it as well to try to get them to notice and nothing happens. Adobe doesnt give support they just provide these forums for tips and tricks for users to discuss together and help like "how do i create outlined text" so to speak. But when it comes to flaws or failures in the software itself your SOL as they dont do anything. Ive had issues that have been discussed for 5 years and they never get touched despite having many upvotes. You cant contact them directly either, ive attempted via the chat and spent an hour just getting "how can I help? okay let me connect you to someone who can help....[new person] how can i help? [ i repeat myself] great let me get you to someone who can help" and spent an hour going through that process. The help from adobe is a joke. Ive come to the point of giving them negative reviews when asking about recommendiung their software and just point out the support issue. UI dont see this or any issue changing to be frank. Its why so many users are leaving adobe all together.