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title: "Gmail: disable AI inbox"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2026/05/gmail-disable-ai-inbox/
last_updated: 2026-05-27
---


Google: First, it's Gen AI, not """AI""".

You've already been doing machine learning in our inboxes for ages now.

Second: no, thank you.

[Settings](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/inbox) > Inbox > AI Inbox > [ ] Show AI Inbox:

> Show AI Inbox — See a separate view of your inbox that includes suggested to-dos and key updates from your emails, chats, documents and more.

Uncheck that checkbox, and then continue to live happily and free[^1] — at least
for now, until the next """AI""" setting is forced upon you against your consent
    and desire.

[^1]: Only because you are the product.