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Remove AI Assistant Button from Acrobat

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 20, 2024
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Hello. Adobe, like Microsoft, is now force feeding AI to user even thought they don't want it. AI Assistant is not enable but how do we remove the button. We will NEVER use AI.

Any help would be appreciated.

Modern Acrobat

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edie_9775

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I'd also like to know if the AI Assistant is sending my data even if I have the preferences off. I don't want the content of my documents shared with machines. Does anyone know?

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Tariq Ahmad

Community Manager

Hi @edie_9775,

Thanks for raising this important question. You’re not alone in wanting clarity about how your document data is handled.

To confirm:

No, the AI Assistant does not send or process the contents of your documents unless you explicitly interact with it.

If you’ve turned off the AI Assistant in preferences, your content stays completely local and is not shared with Adobe services or external systems.

For more details, you can refer to Adobe’s official data handling documentation here: Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant – Data Usage and Handling

If you’d like to double-check your setting, go to: Edit > Preferences > Generative AI and ensure the option is disabled.

Let us know if you have further questions. We’re happy to help ensure your data remains secure and private.

Best regards,
Tariq | Adobe Community Team

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J38662338na2s

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Follow the steps here: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1avpv2x/adobe_acrobat_generative_ai_how_to_permanently/

No more AI popup, no more AI button, hurray! (Note: I'm not the person who originally wrote the article, just very happy I found it)

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Gerry31101452ctnx

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Any solutions for iOS users?

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OneLittlePrintShop

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I am also looking for a way to remove the AI Assistant button. Infuriating and it's now interrupted my workflow as it keeps popping up trying to - "help"?? Idiotic move by Adobe to force this on users.

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dcope78

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I'm in the same boat. I have it turned off but the button still blocks valuable iPhone real estate and is incredibly annoying. Who overlays a bright purple button over the text of a work doc? Ridiculous.

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Sue37957148fn4y

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Y E S!!!

I cannot stand it. All it does is mess with my pdf.

Meenakshi Negi

Community Manager

Hi Michael35136960qtlr,

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry to hear about your experience.

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

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Christopher336069038fl1

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Meenakshi,

That doesn't do anything but disable some of the AI features. It does NOT remove the botton from the tool bar. It does NOT prevent the AI tool from displaying popup windows when opening Adobe. Why dont you understand this is an annoying feature and, as an Adobe employee, work on a way that the AI feature can be fully disabled at the users discresion?

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Michael35136960qtlr

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I really must agree. These Adobe engineers have engineered idiocy that is always in the way in Acrobat and I can't get rid of it. Acrobat? Yes, you have to do acrobatics to use it! Damn

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Christopher336069038fl1

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I'm sorry for not having a solution but I wanted to include my aggreement that the AI Assistant button, notification, and prompts need to an option to hide all that crap. Stuff pops up when the applicaiton openes and its just Adobe developers being the dumbest people on earth, this is tool not helpful. I don't understand why the developers can't work on the overall function of the application, like a way to hide the dumb floating tool bar that used to be out of the way and worked.