Some smart guides stay on when turned off in the menu

[AC_PP]

I am trying to turn off the pink smart guides. I find them quite distracting.

When I turn smart guides (in the view menu) but have Snap to Grid enabled, the smart guides stay on. It's just the ones related to the grid. This has only just started happening - usually I can snap to grid without any pink guides.

Am I missing something?

[AC_PP]

(This is when I turn smart guides off in the view menu)

[AC_PP]

Actually - it's also showing smart guides for anchor points, so it's not just the grid..

[DHC_Menu8127 · Accepted solution]

That’s expected behavior—when Snap to Grid is enabled, Illustrator still shows alignment guides tied to the grid even if “Smart Guides” is off. They’re not full smart guides, just grid snap indicators. If you want snapping without the pink hints, you’ll need to disable “Snap to Grid” and use “Snap to Point” instead, or adjust the grid/guide colors in Preferences > Guides & Grid.

[AC_PP]

Thanks for the reply. I guess they were always there, but I only just noticed and assumed that they were related to the Smart Guides. I hadn't considered adjusting the colour in the Preferences. I think that will help.

[Doug A Roberts]

The grid snapping guides are new as of 29.8:

Illustrator feature summary (August 2025 release)

[Brad S.]

There's nothing expected about it. It wasn't the norm for the last 38 years and offers nothing to Illustrator's user experience except annoyance.

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

You can disable the remaining smart guides in the new and a bit hidden advanced settings in the smart guides preferences.

[Brad S.]

This is the correct answer.