I’m having a tough time figuring out how to turn off those AI summaries in Gmail. You know, the ones that appear at the top of your inbox? They’re supposed to give you a quick overview of your emails, but I find them more annoying than helpful.
I’ve looked through the settings, but it’s not clear where to disable this feature. Has anyone successfully turned it off? If so, could you share the steps? I’d really appreciate some guidance on this.
Also, I’m curious if others find these summaries useful or if they’re just cluttering up the inbox. What’s been your experience with them?
I’ve actually encountered this issue myself. While there’s no direct setting to disable AI summaries completely, I’ve found a workaround that might help. Try switching to the ‘Basic HTML’ version of Gmail temporarily. Go to gmail.com/mail/u/0/h and use that for a while. When you switch back to the standard view, the summaries often disappear. It’s not a permanent solution, but it has worked for me. As for usefulness, I find them more distracting than helpful. They seem to misinterpret email content quite often, which can be misleading. Hopefully Google will implement a proper toggle for this feature soon.
I’ve been dealing with those AI summaries too, and I stumbled upon a partial solution. While there’s no direct way to turn them off completely, you can minimize their appearance by customizing your inbox layout. Go to Settings > Inbox > Inbox type and select ‘Default’. Then, under ‘Categories’, uncheck all the boxes. This reduces the chances of seeing those summaries.
Another trick I’ve found helpful is using filters. Create filters for your most common email types and set them to skip the inbox. This way, fewer emails get summarized in the first place.
Personally, I find these summaries hit-or-miss. Sometimes they’re spot on, other times they completely miss the point. It’s frustrating that Google doesn’t give us more control over this feature. Hopefully, they’ll add an option to disable it in a future update.
hey sky24, i feel ya on those annoying summaries. tbh i havent found a way to turn em off completely, but you can try this: go to settings > inbox > disable ‘bundles’. it might reduce some of the ai stuff. wish i could be more helpful! anyone else got better ideas?