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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
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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
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I tried your suggestions. 1. The generative AI box was NOT clicked to begin with. 2. The cards box was clicked and I unclicked that. Restarted. Cards are gone. AND the AI Assistantbutton is still all over my document reading screen. EVERY time I open a document I have to go to the bottom of the screen and force it to hide the search bar, or whatever it is.
NONE of the AI stuff is necessary. It should be an OPT IN not a mandatory - too bad if you don't like it, can't opt out scenario. I want an update that makes 100% of the AI OPTIONAL, such that when someone wants the AI, they have to go turn it on and configure it for the features they want; and the rest of us can go on our merry way and actually get some work done.
Very poorly done by Adobe that they would force this on everyone rather than making an optional feature. AI is a benefitless feature that does nothing to make my work easier.
Please fix this before the end of 2024.
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No, this does not work. The "Ask AI Assistant" prompt still pops up even when all AI-related settings are turned off.
Terrible user experience.
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Done that but still have the unwanted "AI Assistant" how do I get rid of that immensly annoying dog poo
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That doesn't work to get rid of the AI assistant.
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I did this because the ai window pops up blocking the pdf I'm trying to view. Now that I disabled it, it STILL makes a popup to block the pdf, asking if I want to renewable ai. NO! I DISABLED IT FOR A REASON! I DONT WANT IT! I DO NOT LIKE GREEN AI'S AND HAM!
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I've done what you suggested to the OP, but AI is still showing up in the software, like he mentioned. How can we completely get rid of the AI tools and assistant? If this is not possible, it needs to be in future versions. I don't want AI enabled or included by default, and it just turns this software into bloatware. I will never use the features, and I don't want it offered or suggested.
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DOES NOT WORK! When will someone from Adobe get that through their thick skulls. Just remove the feature... it is not needed!
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What the Hell is a hamburger icon?
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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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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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AI = Automated Idiots!
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I'm the first to have writeen don't want it/don't need it/want it gone... and I have now just reviewed all the comments and responsese. My earlier additional comment re "AI =" seems to bode true in all respects here.
As reported earlier, accessiing preferences from the "hamburger" (and it had to be someone who survives on junk food that came up with that association to the tripple bars) and turning off the generative AI does ABSOLUTELY NOTHIING!
Yep I am yelling here.
I hope I am long retired (and perhaps have left this earth) by the time the gneration who relies on AI is running the world. It's scary enough as it is!
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Clearly they are forcing this Generative AI on us becasue they want their programmes to learn from our hard work and then appropriate it and then sell it back to us. Disgusting! And it is annoying and unhelpful to boot. I don't want this forced upon me Adobe. I'm just trying to read a document and the moment and you have made this impossible.
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Amen to that. Adobe, just leave us alone with your "helping."
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AI Assistant is here. Great.
Now, how do we turn it off?
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If it had any Intelligence at all, the first thing it would do is turn itself off.
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I sure do love the way you worded your question. I feel the same way. Why do they do this to us without our permission. I'm having so much trouble using Adobe reader since the AI assistant was added.
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Hi, just some feedback if possible? I don't want to turn off the AI assistant. I've had no cause to use it.
What I do want it to move the annoying Ask AI Assistant "splash" that covers up the entire bottom of the page, so I cannot use a horizontal scroll bar. There's already an AI button at the top. Can you help or remove that feature?
Apologies if this is the incorrect forum for posting it. There's apparently no help menu in Acrobat and the chatbot has no idea what I mean.
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Thank you for reaching out and sharing your feedback, @Paui37083130i9gv.
You may click on the three dots on the right-hand side of this bar and choose Hide.
Let's know how it works at your end.
~Tariq
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Hi Tariq, that does work - but it requires doing this on each document. For me, part of good UI is that something doesn't get in the way but is there if you need it. The current assistant location is akin to a "nag screen" and discourages me from using it. Hope any feedback will be considered by Adobe.
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If this is in the Acrobat desktop app, you can disable this by unchecking "Enable generate AI feature in Acrobat" as Tariq mentioned in the post marked as correct answer. Do you still see this bar, after unchecking this preference ?
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Prava: it seems like either you have not read posts here and/or tried out the Acrobat reader desktop app yourself. Disabling the "Unchecking the generative AI feature in Acrobat" feature in preferences has no affect on the AI Assistant button on the menu bar (top right) or the 'Ask AI Assistant' bar at the bottom of the screen when the program opens. The ONLY way to make this go away is to 'Disable New Acrobat Reader'.
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Hello,
Sorry for the troubling experience. I understand how frustrating it can be especially when you don't need it in your workflow. We truly appreciate you bringing this to our attention and sharing your experiences.
Please know that we are fully committed to addressing issues like this and ensuring that the app functions smoothly for all users. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve, and we’re actively looking into this.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to make things right.
~Tariq
CC: @Edwin38637954oaar @cindys160630 @gregg220608401jhd @Paui37083130i9gv
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Thank you for your patience on this issue. With the latest release (https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/continuous/dccontinuousdec2024.htm...) we have added a preference under Preferences -> Generative AI to disable showing of the Gen AI query bar on the document. The preference is "Show AI query bar on document". Uncheck the preference & restart Acrobat and you shouldn't see the query bar on the document. Please update to the latest version and try this out. Do continue to share your feedback on this.
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