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How to turn off Photoshop's "Generative AI feature"

  • April 25, 2024
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Hello, 

Other than disconnecting from the internet, 

How can I  turn off Photoshop's "Generative AI features."

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    Correct answer Srishti Bali

    Hi All

     

    Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know your thoughts.

    This is an older thread, and we're now tracking this request in a newer discussion. To keep all feedback in one place, we're closing this thread for further replies.

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    That said, Photoshop doesn't currently have a global "AI Off" or "AI-Free" setting.

    However, for certain tools that support both AI-assisted and traditional workflows, you can choose not to use Generative AI. For example, with the Remove Tool:

    1. Select the Remove Tool.
    2. In the Options bar at the top of the workspace, locate the Mode or Generative AI setting.
    3. Set it to Generative AI Off to use the non-generative removal method instead.

       

    Please note that this setting is tool-specific, not application-wide. Features such as Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and Generate Image are AI-based features, but they are optional and can simply be left unused if you prefer a non-AI workflow.

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    Srishti Bali
    Community Manager
    Srishti BaliCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    August 6, 2026

    Hi All

     

    Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know your thoughts.

    This is an older thread, and we're now tracking this request in a newer discussion. To keep all feedback in one place, we're closing this thread for further replies.

    If you'd like to continue the conversation or add any additional feedback, please do so here:

     

    That said, Photoshop doesn't currently have a global "AI Off" or "AI-Free" setting.

    However, for certain tools that support both AI-assisted and traditional workflows, you can choose not to use Generative AI. For example, with the Remove Tool:

    1. Select the Remove Tool.
    2. In the Options bar at the top of the workspace, locate the Mode or Generative AI setting.
    3. Set it to Generative AI Off to use the non-generative removal method instead.

       

    Please note that this setting is tool-specific, not application-wide. Features such as Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and Generate Image are AI-based features, but they are optional and can simply be left unused if you prefer a non-AI workflow.

    Thanks, Srishti Bali | Community & Engagement Strategist, Digital Imaging | Adobe
    SK321
    SK321
    Inspiring
    March 3, 2025

    Just a bit of an 'update' to this thread. They have given the option to completely turn off AI in the Remove Tool. I'm not sure exactly when this was added, but it's like this in version 26.3.0. You can toggle it to Auto, AI On, or AI Off. The AI Off will always use Content Aware Fill (like it did originally) rather than Generative Fill.

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      lisophia328
      Participant
      March 6, 2025

      How do you do this? I dont see this option

        SK321
        SK321
        Inspiring
        March 6, 2025

        After you select the Remove Tool, it's up at the top in the Options Bar:

         

        Also, make sure you're using version 26 or later.

          Conrad_C
          Community Expert
          Conrad_CCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 19, 2024

          A couple of replies have suggested “just don’t use those features.” But there is a flaw in that approach, in that there may actually be very few Photoshop users who can accurately list which specific features use generative AI.

           

          Recently someone replied to this thread:

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          The Remove Tool is also AI? I didn't realize that. Guess that's one more tool I'm going to have to avoid going forward.

          By @SK321

           

          The newest Photoshop users will have zero ability to precisely list which features use generative AI, and intermediate Photoshop users have a fair chance of not accurately separating out which features are:

          • Content-Aware 
          • AI / Machine learning / Neural 
          • Generative AI 
          • Not AI, just clever programming

           

          But the third type of feature is the controversial one! It’s generative AI that is causing great concern in rights/legal/ethical/creative communities. It is that specific class of features that many want to avoid or disable and currently there is no effective way to, and also no simple way to know which exact list of features someone is supposed to “just avoid using.”

           

          If someone does post a current list, that will be very helpful but…based on the rate of progress in just the last few months, the scope of generative AI features may change quickly as an application gets its continuous updates. There may be several more in a few months, but will they be a tool, an option in a tool, a menu command, the context bar? This is the dilemma for the users who may be required to not use generative AI:

          How does one avoid unintentionally introducing generative AI, in an application where generative AI might be anywhere and is constantly being added in new ways?

            D Fosse
            Community Expert
            D FosseCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            June 19, 2024
            quote

            It’s generative AI that is causing great concern in rights/legal/ethical/creative communities. It is that specific class of features that many want to avoid or disable and currently there is no effective way to, and also no simple way to know which exact list of features someone is supposed to “just avoid using.”


            By @Conrad_C

             

            My own pragmatic approach is that if you pull out the internet cable and it doesn't work, then it's murky waters. Those I never use.

             

            With one exception, as I've noted before: the Remove tool. It depends how you use it. If you use it for large areas, then it's ai-generated content. If you use it for small repairs, like blotches and tears in old photographs, then I think it's legitimate. You're not really having something made for you but passing it off as your own, which I think is the red dividing line. Just be aware that it will be tagged as ai.

              Kevin Stohlmeyer
              Community Expert
              Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              April 25, 2024

              @iBcampion just avoid using them?

              You can turn off the Contextual Task Bar in the Windows menu, change the Crop Tool setting in the options bar above to "transparent (default)" and not use the Remove tool...

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                Rem38119699ce9j
                Participant
                June 18, 2024

                I too would like to remove or disable them from my devices. How can I opt out of this "feature"?
                Very excited for the helpful responses from community experts.

                  Ged_Traynor
                  Community Expert
                  Ged_TraynorCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  June 18, 2024

                  @Rem38119699ce9j you can't opt out of them, you can of course install version 22.2 which is available from the Creative Cloud app and doesn't have the AI features

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