Don't Train On Me

How to stop Gmail using your email to train AI

Smart features read message content. Gemini side panels add more.

Smart features read your messages. Gemini in Workspace is a separate switch again.

A setting you can switch offEffort: mediumNot yet re-verified
Open the Google setting

Three separate settings, and turning one off does nothing to the others

Gmail Settings, General tab.

  1. 1**Smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet.** Reads message content to power suggestions.
  2. 2**Smart features in other Google products.** A second, separate switch in the same place.
  3. 3**Gemini in Workspace.** Governed by your account or admin settings, not by the two above.

Do this

Turn off both smart feature switches in Gmail settings, then check the Data and privacy page on your Google account for Gemini-related activity controls.

Note

A managed Workspace account may have these locked by an administrator. If the switch is greyed out, mark it blocked rather than failed.

Smart features and Workspace Gemini are separate settings. Turning one off does not turn off the other.

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