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How can Turn off the 'AI Assistant'?

New Here ,
Jul 16, 2024 Jul 16, 2024

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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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 15, 2024 Aug 15, 2024

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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New Here ,
Sep 29, 2025 Sep 29, 2025

That solution works until Adobe opens again. Then, AI is back. I need another way to get rid of it.

 

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Oct 13, 2025 Oct 13, 2025

Try my solution below. And I really don't know how I got there, but I didn't have close anything out and it worked immediately.

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New Here ,
Oct 08, 2025 Oct 08, 2025

Thank you, Ed May, for putting into words my exact feelings about the "AI Assistant."  May we all experience technology without the useless AI "enhancements" in the future!  Cheers! 

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 09, 2025 Oct 09, 2025

I have finally worked it out. 

Adobe is a front for AI (the mindkiller) it is taking over the known world ( and also the unknown) we are not going to get anywhere now we have released the genie. BUT  if you revert to the previous version and go into Task manager and click on the right settings to stop updates you too can have a relatively AI free Adobe experience, sort of.

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Oct 13, 2025 Oct 13, 2025

I have no idea how I got here, as I have tried so many things, but this actually worked (on a PC) - toggle off the ai per the below: 

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 13, 2025 Oct 13, 2025
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This solution is only relevant for using acrobat within chrome. I typically avoide using chrome at all. 

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