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mbecks114
mbecks114
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July 29, 2026
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How can I remove Firefly from my Photoshop

  • July 29, 2026
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How can I remove this useless amoral garbage from my photoshop? I not only never asked for this, but specifically don’t want this. Feels *** to force install this wretchedness into all of your products and just say “deal with it.” My computer can’t handle this, and shouldn’t have to. 

    Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

    Please do not misuse terms like »fascist«. 

     

    Aside from that you are not alone in not wanting to use AI features in Photoshop (and presumably otherwise or even in general), several people seem to have posted about this subject recently. 

     

    You can add your vote to an existing Feature Request (Link below). 

    And aside from simply not using the affected Features you can 

    • do not confirm Firefly Terms of Use (if you haven’t already) 

    • hide the AI dependent Tools (Remove Tool) and Features (Generative Fill, Generate Image, Rotate Object, …) via Edit > Toolbar, Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts and Edit > Menus 

    • set the Remove Tool to »Generative AI off« 

    • set Settings > Preferences > Image Processing > Select Subject … to »Device« 

    • … 

     

    3 replies

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 30, 2026

    If your computer “can’t handle this”, it’s not because of Firefly, which is processed on Adobe’s servers and doesn’t use any resources on your machine.

     

    So you apparently have other hardware issues or shortcomings. If you post the full Help > System Info, we might spot something.

     

    To be clear, I do not like Firefly any more than you do. But there are already open feature requests that you can add your vote to.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 30, 2026

      My computer can’t handle this, and shouldn’t have to. 

      What problems arise, what alerts do you get when you try using those features? 

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      July 30, 2026

      Please do not misuse terms like »fascist«. 

       

      Aside from that you are not alone in not wanting to use AI features in Photoshop (and presumably otherwise or even in general), several people seem to have posted about this subject recently. 

       

      You can add your vote to an existing Feature Request (Link below). 

      And aside from simply not using the affected Features you can 

      • do not confirm Firefly Terms of Use (if you haven’t already) 

      • hide the AI dependent Tools (Remove Tool) and Features (Generative Fill, Generate Image, Rotate Object, …) via Edit > Toolbar, Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts and Edit > Menus 

      • set the Remove Tool to »Generative AI off« 

      • set Settings > Preferences > Image Processing > Select Subject … to »Device« 

      • … 

       

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