How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Google Assistant on your phone Google Assistant helps you quickly search for information via voice commands, but many people do not want to use it. If so, you can completely disable Google Assistant on your phone to avoid accidentally activating it when using it. In addition to disabling Google Assistant, you can disable voice commands and activation gestures. Here are instructions for disabling Google Assistant on your phone.

Turn off Google Assistant from Google app

Step 1:

At the Google application interface, click on the avatar in the top right corner. Next, click on Settings in the displayed list.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail
How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Step 2:

Switch to the new interface, click on Google Assistant to adjust. In the new interface as shown, click on General Settings to adjust.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail
How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Step 3:

You will then see that Google Assistant is enabled. You just need to turn off the Google Assistant settings to turn off Google Assistant on your phone. Now Google will ask you if you want to turn off this Google Assistant, tap Turn off to do so.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail
How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Turn off Google Assistant's Hey Google command

You can also turn off the Hey Google command from the Google Assistant settings page, if you still want to use Google Assistant on your phone.

Step 1:

Go back to the Google Assistant settings page and select OK Google and Voice Match .

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Step 2:

Then we will turn off the Hey Google command by sliding the green circle button to the left. The displayed notification shows that you can still use the Hey Google command while driving to control the virtual assistant on the phone.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail
How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

So the Hey Google command has been turned off on the phone to avoid calling the wrong command on the phone.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

How to turn off Google Assistant activation gestures

Some phones can use gestures to activate Google Assistant. For these phones, you can turn off gestures that activate Google Assistant.

At the interface, click on Settings on your Android phone , then click on System or Additional Settings depending on your phone, then click on Gestures/Gesture Shortcuts. You will see the option to activate Google Assistant by gesture.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

Here you will turn off the gesture that activates Google Assistant.

How to turn off Google Assistant on your phone in detail

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