How to Disable or Turn Off Notion AI (2026 Guide)
Notion's Help Center does not list a single switch that turns Notion AI off. Workspace owners switch it off feature by feature under Settings → Notion AI, and on the Free and Plus plans there is nothing to cancel: AI is a limited trial you stop by not using it.
This guide covers each control Notion documents today, who can change it, and what Notion does not let you hide. Everything below was checked against Notion's own help pages on October 25, 2026, because Notion changes AI plans and credits often.
What you can turn off, and who can do it
According to Notion's Notion AI FAQ, workspace owners on any plan can open Settings → Notion AI and adjust these controls:
| What you want to stop | Where it is | Who can change it |
|---|---|---|
| AI searching the web | Settings → Notion AI → AI Web Search → turn off Enable web search for workspace. Or keep it on and turn on Require confirmation for web requests. | Workspace owner |
| AI Meeting Notes | Settings → Notion AI → turn off Workspace availability | Workspace owner |
| Your data helping improve Notion AI | Settings → Notion AI → Share data to improve Notion AI | Workspace owner |
| Expensive AI models | Settings → Notion AI → Controls tab, uncheck the model, then Save | Workspace owner |
| Whole model providers | Settings → Notion AI, model provider settings, turn off the provider and save | Workspace owner |
| Who can build Custom Agents | Settings → Notion AI → Agents tab → Control who can create agents | Workspace owner or admin |
Members who are not owners do not get these switches. If a setting is missing from your Settings, ask a workspace owner.
Is there one switch for all of Notion AI?
Not in the public help pages. Notion's sidebar guide says that when AI is turned off for a Business or Enterprise workspace, the AI chat tab does not appear and a New button takes its place. It does not publish the steps an owner follows to get there, so we have not written any. If you need AI fully off for a Business or Enterprise workspace, ask Notion support or your account contact.
Turn off web search for Notion AI
- Open Settings in the sidebar and choose Notion AI.
- Under AI Web Search, turn off Enable web search for workspace.
Only workspace owners can do this, and it applies to the whole workspace. If you want to keep web search but see what Notion AI is about to open, turn on Require confirmation for web requests instead.
Turn off AI Meeting Notes
- Open Settings → Notion AI.
- Toggle off Workspace availability.
This is the owner-level switch: Notion's AI Meeting Notes page says an owner can opt the workspace out so members cannot use the feature. Two smaller controls are worth knowing:
- The pop-up asking if you want AI Meeting Notes when you join a call. On the desktop app, go to Settings → Notifications and turn off Desktop meeting detection notifications. Notion says the app only checks whether a process is using your microphone, and does not listen to the audio.
- A transcript you already recorded. Click the slider icon at the top of the meeting notes block and choose Delete transcript.
Limit which AI models can run
High credit consumption models stay off until a workspace owner or admin turns them on, so nothing starts spending Notion credits by itself. To switch one off again, open Settings → Notion AI → Controls, uncheck the model, and save. One catch from Notion's model controls page: hiding a model only stops people picking it by hand. Auto can still use it. To keep Auto away from a provider, restrict the provider instead.
Stop AI credit spending
On Business and Enterprise, each member gets Standard and Select credits. When a member runs out, they wait for the monthly reset unless a workspace owner or admin lets the team keep going on shared Notion credits. Leave that option off and the cost stops at the included credits. Custom Agents use their owner's Select credits by default, and admins can fund an agent from Notion credits or set budgets. Notion's Custom Agents credits page says new Business and Enterprise workspaces moved to the Standard and Select system from October 19, 2026, and existing workspaces move on November 2, 2026.
Restrict Custom Agents
Custom Agents run in the background on triggers and schedules. By default anyone in the workspace can create one. To change that, go to Settings → Notion AI → Agents and use Control who can create agents: all members, workspace owners only, or owners plus added groups. In the same Agents tab, the Agent Directory lets admins disable editing, chatting and triggers on an agent to stop automated runs. Details are on Notion's Custom Agents permissions page.
If you are on the Free or Plus plan
Free and Plus include a trial of Notion AI, and Notion does not publish how many responses that is. After you use the trial allowance, Notion shows a message that Business or Enterprise is needed to continue (Notion's trial page). Notion's Free and Plus plans do not bill for AI, so there is nothing to cancel. Each AI action counts as a response, including every click on Try again.
If you are paying for Notion AI
On Notion's pricing page, Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search are listed under the Business plan, and Free and Plus show only a trial. So on Business, AI comes with the plan: switching features off does not lower the bill. To stop paying for it you would change plan, through the billing pages described in Notion's plans and billing help. Notion's prices show in your local currency, so check the pricing page for your own figure.
What happens to your data and your existing content
- Training. Notion's security practices page says that by default neither Notion nor its AI providers use your customer data to train models. The Share data to improve Notion AI setting is where an owner can allow sharing, so check that it is off if you did not opt in.
- Retention. Most models use zero data retention. A few do not, and those are off by default until an owner opts in. Notion's pricing page lists zero data retention with LLM providers for Enterprise workspaces.
- Existing content. Notion's help does not say any of these switches delete content that was already created. Review pages and meeting notes yourself.
What Notion's help does not let you hide
We did not find an official setting that removes the AI icon from the corner of a page or hides AI in the page menu on a plan where AI is on. If a team has to keep AI out of sight, the combination above is the documented route, and Notion support is the place to ask for the rest.
If your team works in Slack or Teams
Teams sometimes switch Notion AI off because they want an assistant where conversations already happen. Kipwise Agent is an AI agent in Slack and Microsoft Teams. It answers from your pages with the source next to the answer and asks for approval before it changes anything. It is $10 per user per month, from 3 users.
Frequently asked questions
Can you turn off Notion AI completely?
Notion's public help pages describe no single switch. Owners turn off web search, Meeting Notes, data sharing, models and agent creation separately. Notion's sidebar help mentions a workspace state with AI turned off on Business and Enterprise, but it does not publish how to set it.
Who can turn off Notion AI settings?
Workspace owners on any plan control the Settings → Notion AI options. Admins can manage Custom Agents and credit access. Members without those roles need to ask an owner.
Does turning off Notion AI save money?
Not on Business, where AI is part of the plan. Free and Plus do not bill for AI. Spending on extra credits stops if owners and admins do not allow members to continue on Notion credits.
Can I turn Notion AI back on?
Every control in this guide is a setting, so an owner can flip it again. Notion does not describe a permanent removal.
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- Notion AI features and capabilities
- Is Notion AI really free?
