How-to Disable and Remove Gemini from Your Phone

Google’s Gemini is a powerful AI assistant, but not everyone wants it working behind the scenes on their phone. If you’re looking for a way to get rid of the Gemini app, this updated blog post will show you how-to uninstall disable or completely remove the Gemini app from your phone.

Video Tutorial: How-to Uninstall and Remove Google’s Digital Assistant & Gemini

How-to Uninstall Google’s Digital Assistant & Gemini

• Open the Settings on your Android device
• Scroll down and tap on Apps
• Press on App Management App
• Find Google App
• Select “Force Stop” and or “Disable”

Now you have completely removed Digital Assistance from Google including Gemini and it will no longer be working on your phone unless you ENABLE Google App again.

Video Tutorial: How-to TURN-OFF Gemini on Android

How-to Turn Off Gemini

Perhaps you do not want to uninstall it but rather not use it, then, you can simply turn it off instead.

• Open the Settings app on your Android device
• Scroll down and tap on Google Account App
• Tap on All Services
• Tap on Search, Assistance and Voice
• Tap on Gemini
• You will see an option “Choose your digital assistant from Google” and “Gemini” will likely be selected. To turn it off, press on the link “You can turn off your digital assistant from Google at anytime”
• Select “Turn Off

Now you have turn-off Gemini and it will no longer be working on your phone unless you turn-it back on.

Want to Turn It Back On?

Reserve the steps above to re-enable Gemini as Google Digital Assistant.

How-to Uninstall Gemini If Gemini APP is Installed on Your Phone

If you have explicitly installed Gemini APP from Google Play Store. You can uninstall Gemini APP either from Google Play Store or through your phone’s App Management.

• Go to the Google Play Store on your Android device
• Then, search for “Google Gemini”
• If the Gemini App is installed, you should see an ‘Uninstall’ button (or the Bin icon). Tap it to remove the Gemini app from your phone

You can also uninstall Gemini APP through your phone Settings too.

Managing Your Digital Assistant & Gemini Activity and Data

Even after you disable or remove the Digital Assistant & Gemini, your past activity might still be saved to your Google Account. If you want to delete this data, you can do so by visiting the below links.

• Go to My Activity
• Go to myactivity.google.com/product/assistant (for Assistant)
• Go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini (for Gemini)
• Go to Voice and Face Match enrolment
• Go to myactivity.google.com/more-activity (e.g. Google Assistant routines, Assistant memory, ‘Hold for Me’, ‘Direct My Call’ and ‘Call Screen’ shared audio etc.)

You have the option to delete specific activities, or, your entire interaction history. You can also turn on/off future Gemini/Assistant Apps Activity from being saved to your account in the future by visiting Web & App Activity section.

By following these steps, you can easily manage where and when you want to interact with a Digital Assistant, giving you more control over your digital footprint.

How-to Disable Gemini’s Response to ‘Hey Google’ and Voice Match

Imagine that the only annoying thing was Gemini’s ability to respond to your voice commands like “Hey Google” and you just want to disable that only, without removing Gemini. You can simply disable that option only like so:

• Open the main "Settings" of your phone
• Locate and Tap "Google"
• Select "All services"
• Select "Search, Assistant and Voice"
• Select "Gemini"
• Select "’Hey Google’ and Voice Match"
• Toggle Off "Hey Google"
• Toggle Off "While Driving"

Google’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and technology by far is the best available, but if you’re not using it, and if privacy is a concern for you, then, disabling and or removing it completely can improve your device performance as well as usability of your smartphone.