Google Assistant is the most powerful tool to solve our doubts, perform voice actions, control our smart devices, or spend time playing small games and much more.

But, still, Google Assistant doesn’t manage to convince everyone. Hence those unsatisfied users find ways to deactivate it.

That’s why we have made this simple tutorial to show you how to turn off Google Assistant on Android.

Ways to Disable Google Assistant On Any Android Device

So, if you don’t like the presence of Google’s personal assistant on your Android device, do not worry. As in this article, we will simply explain how to deactivate it entirely on your Android device, so you have to follow the steps mentioned below.

Disable the Google Assistant

To disable Google Assistant, we have to open the Google app, or you can also deactivate it from its settings. So, now without wasting much time, let’s get started.

1. First, activate the Google Assistant by voice or your device’s home button.

activate the Google Assistant

2. After activating the Google Assistant, tap the compass button at the top right of the assistant window.

compass button

3. Then tap the three dots located on the right upper of the screen.

three dots

4. After the above step, you will get five options; tap on Settings.

Settings

5. After the above step, you will directly drive into the Google Assistant settings.

Google Assistant settings

6. Now, you have to select the Assistant tab.

Assistant

7. Then scroll down to select the Phone option from the ‘Assistant device‘ section.

Assistant device

8. You will reach the final stage, where you must turn off the toggle for the Google Assistant option.

Google Assistant

That’s it! If you have done all the steps successfully, your Google Assistant will get deactivated.

How to deactivate the Google Assistant button?

If you want to disable the Google Assistant button, we have to open the phone settings, and from there, we have to deactivate the Google Assistant button.

1. First of all, open the phone settings.

settings

2. From the settings, select the Installed Apps option.

Installed apps

3. Now tap the three dots in the screen’s upper right corner.

three dots

4. From there, select the “Default apps” option.

Default apps

5. Now select the Assist & Voice input option.

Assist & voice input

6. After that, select the first option, named Assist app. Now select the option None.

None

 

That’s it; now you are done.

How to Disable Google Assistant Voice Commands

Let’s admit it; sometimes Google Assistant pops up without saying Hey or Ok Google. This happens when the app thinks users have executed the voice commands. So, if Google Assistant is too intrusive for you sometimes, you can disable the voice commands.

Disabling the voice commands is another way to disable Google Assistant on Android. Here’s how to disable the voice commands.

1. Open your Android app drawer and tap on the Google App.

2. When the Google App opens, tap on your profile picture at the top right.

profile picture

3. On the Account options, tap on Settings.

Settings

4. Next, tap on Google Assistant.

Google Assistant

5. Scroll down to the Popular Settings section and tap on Hey Google & Voice Match.

Hey Google & Voice Match

6. On the Hey Google and Voice Match screen, disable the toggle for Ok Google.

Ok Google

That’s it! That’s how easy it is to disable the voice command to turn off Google Assistant on Android.

However, later, if you want to activate Google Assistant, you can go into Assistance and voice input and configure what assistance application you want to run when you perform a long press on the Start button.

So, what do you think about this? Share all your views and thoughts in the comment section below. And if you liked this article, do not forget to share this tutorial with your friends and on your valuable social network profiles.

Tushar Subhra Dutta
Tushar Subhra Dutta is a content writer at Tech Viral. As, he writes about Technology, Science, Gadgets, Hacking & Security, Social Media and much more.

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