How Adults can Disable AI Features on Web Browsers
It's possible for adults to completely disable AI features on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and even the Brave Browser.
If you’re an adult who wants to remove AI features from your web browser, you might have tried searching online to figure out which browser settings you need to change to disable AI. Unfortunately, not all AI features can be disabled this way, but there are alternative approaches that can disable built-in AI chatbots, generated wallpapers, and other AI features. This works on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and the Brave Browser.
Similar to our dedicated guide for creating a dumb phone , many adults want a minimalistic feel to their web browser. AI features can be disabled using a similar method that you might use to disable incognito mode on a web browser.
Currently, we are only aware of methods that restrict web browser features effectively on Windows or Mac computers. Some restrictions are possible for parents that can disable AI features for their children, but this is often not possible for adults to implement.
Disable AI Features on Most Web Browser using a Mac
For Mac computers, there isn’t a specific setting that you can go to and turn off that would disable AI features entirely. If you’re an adult, then it’s important to not only choose an approach that works, but is very difficult to disable even if you have full access to your Mac.
Fortunately, there is an approach that we recommend for adults that works on most of the common web browsers and cannot be easily disabled. This approach uses Apple Config Files, and it directly controls features on your Mac through System Settings, which allows adults to restrict features on multiple web browsers at once.
Tech Lockdown’s Apple Config Generator can create Config Files that disable AI, Generative AI, and other features like Incognito mode to lock down a web browser more effectively on Mac computers. Instead of needing to know how to set up each browser individually, the Config Generator enables this restriction for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Brave using a single toggle.
On Chrome, this disables the AI mode option, the ability to use AI to generate wallpapers, and other AI features automatically.
This includes the “Help Me Write” feature, AI’s ability to group tabs or access browsing history, and a few other features.
At the same time, the Config File completely hides the Copilot icon on Microsoft Edge, as well as the ability to use AI to generate wallpapers.
In both Firefox and the Brave Browser, Generative AI features are also locked down and unavailable.
One of the main reasons why we recommend Config Files to adults so much is that you can use them to disable many types of features on both web browsers and on the Mac device. For adults who want to block adult content on Mac devices, one of the biggest challenges is preventing yourself from disabling or bypassing your own restrictions.
Tech Lockdown’s Config Generator solves this by combining Config Files with Profile Locking. Instead of freely being able to disable your own restrictions or remove configs from your Mac, you may need to get help from an accountability partner to provide a code that you could use to then make changes again.
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Disable AI Features on Most Web Browser using a Windows computer
If you're using a Windows computer, then it’s possible to disable these AI and Generative AI features on each browser using the Command Prompt application.
On your Windows computer, open the Start menu, search for “Command Prompt”, and open it as an administrator.
To disable all AI features on Google Chrome, use these commands:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v AIModeSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GeminiSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GeminiActOnWebSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GenAISmartGroupingSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GenAIVcBackgroundSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v GenAIWallpaperSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v HelpMeWriteSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v HistorySearchSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v SearchContentSharingSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Completely restart the Chrome application to apply changes. On Chrome, this disables the AI mode option, the ability to use AI to generate wallpapers, and other AI features automatically. This also includes the “Help Me Write” feature, AI’s ability to group tabs or access browsing history, and a few other features that are available using Config Files.
To disable all AI features on Microsoft Edge, use these commands:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v Microsoft365CopilotChatIconEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v AIGenThemesEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Completely restart the Edge application to apply changes. Copilot icon near the top right corner of the screen, as well as the ability to use AI to generate wallpapers.
To disable all AI features on the Brave Browser, use this command:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave" /v BraveAIChatEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
And on Firefox:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GenerativeAI" /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GenerativeAI" /v Chatbot /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GenerativeAI" /v LinkPreviews /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GenerativeAI" /v TabGroups /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\GenerativeAI" /v Locked /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
In both Firefox and the Brave Browser, Generative AI features are also locked down and unavailable.