How to turn off Meta AI

As much as possible, at least

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Meta has embedded theMeta AIassistant virtually everywhere across its platforms. The AI assistant can sometimes be a little too present, in fact. Thechatbotwill try to get you to start a conversation with it, and clutter your screen with AI summaries of posts and suggested follow-up questions. Perhaps recognizing that, Meta has made it impossible to outright remove Meta AI from your apps.

Still, there are options to at least reduce Meta AI’s presence In this guide, we’re going to show you what you can do to cut down on Meta AI across Facebook and Instagram, and how to remove the automated summaries written by Meta AI.

Muting Meta AI on Facebook and Instagram

Because Meta won’t actually allow you to get rid of the Meta AI chatbot, your only option is to mute it. Here’s how to do it on Facebook and Instagram.

Stop Meta AI summaries

Meta AI’s comment summaries can be a nice way to sum up long or complex posts, but they also sometimes fill up your screen. If you find these summaries unhelpful, here’s how you can turn them off:

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Eric Hal Schwartz is a freelance writer for TechRadar with more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of the world and technology. For the last five years, he served as head writer for Voicebot.ai and was on the leading edge of reporting on generative AI and large language models. He’s since become an expert on the products of generative AI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google Gemini, and every other synthetic media tool. His experience runs the gamut of media, including print, digital, broadcast, and live events. Now, he’s continuing to tell the stories people want and need to hear about the rapidly evolving AI space and its impact on their lives. Eric is based in New York City.

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