内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-disable-the-gemini-ai-features-in-gmail-and-google-docs/

内容总结：

科技巨头强推AI功能引发用户不满 谷歌文档被曝“驱逐”AI教程

近期，越来越多的科技公司正在不遗余力地向用户推广其人工智能功能，甚至不顾用户的个人意愿。以谷歌文档（Google Docs）为例，不少用户在屏幕底部发现了一个巨大的“Gemini”工具栏，这令许多不习惯使用AI功能的用户感到困扰。据悉，这一功能自今年四月起便已开始向部分用户推送测试，近期更有扩大范围的趋势。

针对这一情况，有技术媒体发布了详细的“驱逐指南”。对于普通个人用户，最有效的方法是先登录Gmail账户，在“设置”中找到“智能功能”选项并将其关闭。虽然系统会跳出提示试图挽留，但用户只需确认禁用并刷新谷歌文档页面，恼人的Gemini工具栏和AI菜单便会消失。不过，这一操作也会连带关闭Gmail中的语法建议、智能回复等其他AI功能。

而对于使用公司或机构统一配发的谷歌工作空间（Google Workspace）账户，普通员工则无权自行更改相关设置，只能由IT管理员在后台统一关闭AI功能。

如果上述方法无效或用户不想牺牲Gmail的智能体验，还可通过安装名为“Bye Bye Gemini”的Chrome浏览器扩展程序来彻底解决问题。该扩展能一键屏蔽谷歌旗下包括文档、邮箱、云盘及搜索结果AI概要在内的所有AI功能。

尽管部分用户乐于接受AI带来的便利，但也有相当多的用户认为，科技公司不应将AI服务强加为默认选项。媒体评论指出，谷歌应提供更便捷的开关，让用户得以在不受干扰的环境下专注于文档工作，而不是将AI功能深藏在设置菜单中，或迫使用户额外安装扩展程序来“自救”。

中文翻译：

你有没有注意到科技公司多么拼命想让你用他们的人工智能功能，哪怕你根本不想用？他们在用户界面上加按钮，用弹出式提示框恳求你点击，好让你成为他们AI产品的忠实用户。

比如Google Docs，正在向部分用户推送屏幕底部一个巨大的Gemini工具栏。我最早是在今年四月注意到这个功能的，当时它出现在我用来和编辑协作的Google Docs账户里。显然我是被选中测试这个功能的用户之一。我认识的人里有从来没见过这个框的，我也看到过去几周里有人报告说它出现了。所以情况因人而异。

如果你属于看到这个功能的用户，而且不想要它出现在屏幕上，好消息是：这个巨大的工具栏很容易隐藏。

点击菜单栏里的Gemini，然后把鼠标悬停在“底部栏偏好设置”上，选择“关闭”。

这样操作之后，工具栏就消失了。它再也烦不到你了。

但如果你想彻底把AI功能从Google Docs里赶走，你还可以继续操作。有几种方法可以让Gemini菜单之类的东西不再出现在Google Docs里。第一种方法对部分人有效、对其他人无效，就是去Gmail里改一个设置。第二种方法似乎对所有人都有用，就是安装一个Chrome扩展程序。

首先，一个提醒：个人Google账户（基本上就是任何以@gmail.com结尾的邮箱账户）和公司账户（基本上就是由你雇主管理的、使用你公司域名邮箱的Google Workspace账户）的操作流程略有不同。对于公司发放的Workspace账户，你能看到哪些AI功能、看不到哪些，完全由管理员决定。

所以如果你在工作时使用Google Workspace，只有IT团队才能关掉AI功能。你自己能做的不多，但你可以试着给IT同事送一盘曲奇饼干作为鼓励。

个人用户有更多控制权，但操作路径很隐蔽：你需要切换的选项在Gmail里。没错。

打开你的Gmail账户，点击右上角的齿轮图标。然后点击“查看所有设置”。接着，在“常规”选项卡里，向下滚动直到看到“智能功能”选项。

取消勾选这个选项，Google会恳求你手下留情不要关闭这个功能。然后，等设置生效后，回到你的Google Docs窗口并刷新它。

值得注意的是，Gmail设置里的这个复选框甚至没有提到Google Docs。同样值得注意的是，关闭它还会禁用Gmail里其他一堆AI驱动的功能，包括语法建议、自动更正、智能撰写、智能回复和提醒。这也会禁用Gmail的拼写检查，不过你浏览器自带的拼写检查仍然可以继续工作。如果你依赖Gmail里的这些功能，那你可能就得忍受Google Docs里的AI了。

如果禁用这些东西对你来说不是问题，那就回到Google Docs。Gemini菜单、音频按钮，以及（最重要的是）屏幕底部的AI工具栏，现在全都彻底消失了。右上角还是有一个Gemini按钮，没错，但如果你不想要Docs里的Gemini，那个按钮比那些侵入性的东西容易忽略多了。享受在文档工作中不被分心的时光吧——至少暂时是这样。Google有撤销这种改动的先例。

说到这个，如果改设置对你没用，或者你不想关掉所有Gemini驱动的智能功能，还有另一个选择：为Google Chrome开发的“Bye Bye Gemini”扩展程序。安装之后，Google在生产效率产品里——从Gmail到Docs再到Drive——的每一个AI元素都会消失。这个扩展程序用CSS让所有这些内容在浏览器里变得不可见。它还有一个好处：能把Google搜索结果里的AI摘要也去掉！

我并不一定反对AI，我只是觉得它不应该被默认塞进每一个用户界面里。很多Google Docs用户可能更喜欢Claude、ChatGPT，或者本地部署的Ollama，而不是Google的Gemini。还有些人当然宁愿完全不用AI。所以我很高兴有办法——虽然稍微有点麻烦——能彻底关掉这个功能。

现在只希望Google能让人更容易地把搜索结果里的AI摘要隐藏掉。我找到的唯一有效方法是在Chrome或Safari里安装一个扩展程序，强制搜索引擎每次都用“网页”版块来显示搜索结果。如果能有一个开关来做这件事——哪怕像Gmail里那样藏得深一点——那就太好了。

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英文来源：

Have you noticed how desperate tech companies are to get you to use their artificial intelligence features, even if you don’t want to use them? They're adding buttons to user interfaces and using pop-up tool tips to implore you to click them and become a dedicated user of their AI creations.
Google Docs, for example, is rolling out a giant Gemini bar at the bottom of the screen for some users. I first noticed this feature back in April, when it showed up in the Google Docs account I use to collaborate with editors. Apparently I was part of the pool of users chosen to test the feature. I know people who have never seen this box, and I've seen reports of it showing up for people in the last few weeks. So it varies.
If you're one of the users who sees this feature and you don’t want it on your screen, good news: The giant bar is easy enough to hide.
Click Gemini in the menu bar, then hover over Bottom bar preferences and select Turn off.
Do that and the bar is gone. It can't hurt you anymore.
But if you'd like to banish AI features from Google Docs entirely, you can keep going. There are a couple ways to stop things like the Gemini menu from showing up in Google Docs. The first, which is working for some people but not others, is to change a setting in Gmail. The second, which seems to be working for everyone, is to install a Chrome extension.
First, a caveat: The process is a little different for personal Google accounts (basically, any account with an @gmail.com email address) and company accounts that use Google Workspace (basically, any account managed by your employer with an email address of your company's domain). For company-issued Workspace accounts, it's up to the administrator to decide which AI features you do and don't see.
So if you use Google Workspace at your job, only the IT team can turn off the AI features. There’s not much you can do on your own, but you could try giving your IT worker a plate of cookies as encouragement.
Personal users have a bit more control, but the path forward is obscure: The option you need to toggle is in Gmail. Yep.
Open your Gmail account, then click the gear in the top right corner. Next, click See all settings. Then, in the General tab, scroll down until you see the Smart features option.
Uncheck this and Google will ask you to pretty please not disable the feature. Then, once the setting has applied, head back to your Google Docs window and refresh it.
It’s worth noting that this box in Gmail’s settings doesn’t even mention Google Docs. It’s also worth noting that turning this off disables a number of other AI-powered features in Gmail, including grammar suggestions, autocorrect, smart compose, smart reply, and nudges. This also disables Gmail’s spellcheck, though the spellcheck offered by your browser will continue to work. If you depend on these features in Gmail, you might be stuck with AI in Google Docs.
If disabling those things doesn’t present an issue for you, head back to Google Docs. The Gemini menu, the audio button, and (most importantly) the AI toolbar at the bottom of the screen are now all completely gone. There's still a Gemini button in the top-right corner, granted, but that's a lot easier to ignore than those other intrusions if you don’t want Gemini in Docs. Enjoy not being distracted while working on documents—for now, at least. Google has a history of undoing changes like this.
Speaking of, if changing this setting didn’t work for you, or if you’d rather not turn off all of the Gemini-powered smart features, there’s another option: the Bye Bye Gemini extension for Google Chrome. Install this and every aspect of Google’s AI in its productivity products—from Gmail to Docs to Drive—will disappear. The extension uses CSS to render all of those things invisible in the browser. It also has the benefit of removing AI Overviews from Google search results!
I'm not necessarily opposed to AI, I just don't think it should be crammed into every user interface as a default. Plenty of Google Docs users may prefer Claude, ChatGPT, or a locally hosted Ollama setup to Google's Gemini. And some, of course, would rather avoid using AI altogether. So I'm glad it's possible—if a little tricky—to completely disable the feature.
Now if only Google would make it a bit easier to hide AI overviews from your search results. The only method I've found that works is to install an extension in Chrome or Safari that forces the search engine to use the "Web" section for every search. A toggle for that—even one buried in Gmail—would be nice.
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