New Delhi, April 15 -- Over the past couple of years, Google has steadily pushed Gemini into almost every corner of its ecosystem. From Gmail's AI-powered inbox to Chrome's built-in chat sidebar, it now feels baked into Workspace by default. If you are among those who don't want AI to sketch out a first draft of your email and find this pushed-to-the-forefront feature more distracting than useful, read on - this how-to is for you.

To turn Gemini off, you will need to switch off two separate sets of settings. The first includes features like Smart Compose that are shared across Gmail, Chat, and Meet, so disabling them in one place removes them from all three apps. The easiest way to do this is through Gmail's web version.

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