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How can Turn off the 'AI Assistant'?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
July 16, 2024
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How can I get rid of the horrible 'AI Assisitant' ? I hate, hate, hate, hate eeverything about it. I hate the popups that constantly get in my way every time I open a new PDF, I hate the way it dramatically slows down the application every time I want to just search for something, and I hate that way that it doesn't work at all or provide any value of any form. I just want it gone and never, ever, ever, ever, under any circumstances want it to be there getting in the way of every simple thing I want to do. Please, please, please, please: how can I make it just go away? I just want to open and look at a PDF for heavens sake, I don't need any of this AI nonsense.

-Ed May

Correct answer Tariq Ahmad

Hi all,

Your feedback matters—and we’ve listened.

We understand that not everyone requires AI assistance in their workflow. Many of you shared concerns about intrusive prompts and lack of control, and we’ve taken action.

Now, Acrobat gives you complete control over AI features through Preferences. You decide what stays on and what turns off—no enforcement, no surprises — just flexibility.

For more information on preferences, please check this out: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/we-heard-you-full-control-over-ai-features-in-acrobat/td-p/15586524

Best regards,
Tariq | Adobe Community Team

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LisaRanelle

New Participant

I agree wholeheartedly! The AI assistant does absolutely nothing for editors. I have asked for it to search and replace, to find spelling errors, and to do other mechanical chores and it just slows things down and comes back with innane, irrelevant responses, whilst the pop-ups could drive Mother Teresa bonkers.

Help!

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Clare23177575b2ie

Participating Frequently

AI = Automated Idiots!

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barry_8130

New Participant

What the Hell is a hamburger icon?

Meenakshi Negi

Community Manager

Hi barry_8130,

Thank you for reaching out.

The three horizontal lines at the top left corner of the New Acrobat window are called the hamburger icon. The icon opens the menu options. Please check the screenshot below:

Let us know if you need any help.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Tariq Ahmad

Community Manager

Hi @Edwin38637954oaar,

You can follow the suggestions from this help page: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/disable-generative-ai.html

This can be done from the App Preferences:

Launch Acrobat.
Hamburger Icon(New Acrobat) or Edit > Preferences
Generative Ai
Uncheck - "Enable generate AI feature in Acrobat"
Click Ok.
Re-launch Acrobat.

Let us know if you have further questions.

~Tariq

jlcpu

Participating Frequently

I did this, but the AI Assistant is still attempting to grab my attention. I have work to do.

(Goes and looks at the preferences setting again after restarting)

What's this? A new checkbox that wasn't there before, and it's checked: "Show AI Video Cards". Okay, so I will uncheck that and restart AGAIN...

... And now, finally, it's at least tolerable: the AI Assistant sparkles on load of every document, but at least it doesn't start automatically making suggestions.

Freaking train wreck. Did anyone ask for this junk to be shoved down our throats?

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Jeff37794168kk31

New Participant

I like "abuse removed by moderator."

Adobe refuses to give us the option of not using their garbaage AI, then someone gets offended when we are frustrated.

"AI" (advanced adware) adds nothing to my productivity. Adobe refuses to help. I will be looking for another PDF reader.

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