Acrobat: I don't want any AI in my Adobe Apps. Can AI be turned off?

[thomasb14279947]

I don't want any AI in my Adobe Apps. Can AI be turned off?
In addition, my Acrboat says to update it, but CreativeCloud says it is up-to-date. I click Restart and it crashes.

 

[Gerry31101452ctnx]

What about iPad?  I don't see any instructions for turning this off on my iPad Acrobat pro.  

[japchap]

There are no known methods to remove the purple AI Assistant button on iPad as of October 2024. This design ad usabilty choice has been force-fed on users by Adobe. Please send your feedback to them to implore that they stop this behavior and get rid of it, as I have. 

[Abelragen]

I have followed the instructions, but I can't get rid of the AI in Acrobat. I tried truning it off in preferences, but, according to the checkbox, it wasn't enabled. Still, I tried enabling it, returning to a document, and disabling it. That didn't help. I really don't like having a button that keeps emiting pop-ups inviting me to use it cluttering the screen and distractingh me from my work. 

[Steven37260640gq44]

Same complaint here - I want to completely remove all aspects of AI from all of my Adobe products and would be willing to pay a premium for a simpler version that doesn't have all of the AI non-sense that is currently being forced on users.

[thomasb14279947]

Well stated Steven37260660gq44

[japchap]

Why would you want to pay more for getting less? Or rather, why would we need to pay more just to keep using the same AI-free product that we've always enjoyed? 

[Steven37260640gq44]

Users currently have the option of switching between the old UI (that is free of all the AI garbage) and the new UI which is AI overload. Like all tech companies, Adobe will eventually remove this feature and the old UI will be a thing of the past. I will be willing to pay a premium for continued access to the old UI that doesn't have AI. The AI features are useless to me and I am tired of being prompted to use an AI feature I don't need with every keystroke. If Adobe doesn't provide an AI-FREE product, I will stop using them.

[Steven37260640gq44]

One other note - the whole point of my post is, I want "less" and would gladly pay for, "less" because all of the AI non-sense is useless to me. I don't need AI, "insights" when reading a document, I don't need unusable AI generated photos that are missing facial features - I tried an AI generated photo of a bike - it was missing a side of the front fork and the rear wheel had no spokes - a 4th grader could have drawn a better picture of a bike. That is why I would gladly pay for, "less."

[Dai38322653uf2l]

Hi- I have taken the steps to deactivate generative AI but I still have them pinned in my sidebar and cannot remove them, and still have intrusive pop-ups telling me to reactivate it even though I have opted out. I loathe generative AI and it really puts me off using what used to be a very smooth and professional set of applications. Generative AI is highly innapropriate to the kind of work I am doing and the way it is being pushed on us is intrustive to the point of feeling malicious.

[J38662338na2s]

If you, like me, don't see that menu option, and/or you want a more permanent solution that entirely removes the AI garbage, follow the steps listed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1avpv2x/adobe_acrobat_generative_ai_how_to_permanently/

Full disclosure: I am not the author of that post, but following the steps did remove all the AI garbage from my adobe

[cheris96055495]

I am just trying to select some text to copy paste.  Why on earth is some ai thing doing  annoying stuff on my document while I am trying to work? I need to select the text with so much trouble.

[kakmjb1110]

It is absolutely infuriating! I'm so sick of this. I'd jump ship if I didn't use Lightroom and Photoshop for my job. And I pay good money for these stupid apps.

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi cheris96055495,

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry about the trouble caused.

If you wish to disable the AI assistant, please refer to the information in the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/disable-generative-ai.html. 

You may share your suggestions on this with the product team via the following page: https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac. 

Thanks,

Meenakshi