How to Disable or Turn Off Notion AI (2026 Guide)
Notion’s help pages name no single switch that turns Notion AI off, so choose the control by your reason. To cap cost, leave off the setting that lets the workspace spend Notion credits after members run out; members then stop at their included credits. Restricting model providers can backfire, because Notion says it may make credits go faster. For data, training on your content is off by default, but retention is set by your plan, not a setting. For visibility, owners can turn off web search and AI Meeting Notes.
Which control does what
| What you want to stop | Where it is | Who can change it |
|---|---|---|
| Spending beyond each member’s included credits | Settings → Notion AI → leave Allow workspace to use Notion credits after AI limit is reached off | Workspace owner or admin |
| Expensive AI models | Settings → Notion AI → Controls tab, uncheck the model, then Save (Notion Agent only) | 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 |
| Your data helping improve Notion AI | Settings → Notion AI → Share data to improve Notion AI | Workspace owner |
| 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 → Meeting notes → turn off Enable Meeting notes for workspace | Workspace owner |
Workspace owners on any plan control the Settings → Notion AI options. Members who are not owners do not get these switches, so if a setting is missing from your Settings, ask a workspace owner.
Cost: leave the workspace credit toggle off
On Business and Enterprise, each member gets 1,500 Standard credits and 500 Select credits a month (the amount can vary by plan and purchase arrangement), and existing workspaces move to this credit system on November 2, 2026. When a member runs out of one kind, the features that use it pause until the monthly reset, unless a workspace owner or admin turns on Allow workspace to use Notion credits after AI limit is reached. Leave it off and the cost stops at the included credits.
Two other things can add cost or burn credits. A Custom Agent uses its owner’s Select credits by default, and an admin can instead fund an agent with a monthly budget of Notion credits, which is paid spending (how credits work for Custom Agents). From December 1, 2026, AI Meeting Notes also draw on the monthly Standard credits, about 10 for a one-hour meeting.
To stop a costly model, open Settings → Notion AI → Controls, uncheck the model and save. High credit consumption models stay off until a workspace owner or admin turns them on, and the controls apply to Notion Agent only: Custom Agents have their own. Hiding a model only stops people choosing it by hand, and Auto can still use it. Restricting the provider keeps Auto away from it, but Notion warns that this obstructs the way Auto works and may lead to your workspace consuming credits faster. For spending, rely on the credit toggle above and the per-member credit limits under Settings → Notion AI → Usage.
Restrict Custom Agents
Custom Agents run in the background on triggers and schedules, and by default all workspace members 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 tab, the Agent Directory lets admins disable editing, chatting and triggers on an agent to stop its automated runs (Custom Agents permissions).
Data: training is a setting, retention is a plan
By default neither Notion nor its AI providers use your customer data to train models (Notion’s security practices). Share data to improve Notion AI is where an owner can allow sharing, so check that it is off if you did not opt in.
Retention follows your plan, not a switch. On Free, Plus and Business the AI provider keeps your data for 30 days or fewer and then deletes it, while Enterprise gets zero data retention for most models. A small number of models do not offer zero data retention; they are off by default, and a workspace owner must opt in to use them. If retention is your concern, the choice is between keeping AI features off and moving to Enterprise, not a setting that shortens it.
Notion’s help does not say that any of these switches deletes content that already exists, so review your pages and meeting notes yourself.
Visibility: web search and AI Meeting Notes
To turn off web search, open Settings → Notion AI and, under AI Web Search, turn off Enable web search for workspace. It applies to the whole workspace and only owners can change it. To keep web search but see what Notion AI is about to open, turn on Require confirmation for web requests instead.
To turn off AI Meeting Notes, a workspace owner opens Settings → Meeting notes and turns off Enable Meeting notes for workspace (AI Meeting Notes help), so members cannot use the feature. Two smaller controls:
- 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. The app only checks whether a process is using your microphone; it 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. This also deletes the audio stored on the recorder’s device.
Can you turn off Notion AI completely?
Not with one documented switch on Business. Notion’s sidebar help describes a workspace with AI turned off, where the AI chat tab does not appear and a New button takes its place, but it does not say how to get there. On Enterprise, the admin console manages features per workspace: open the workspace switcher, choose Manage organization, then General and Manage workspaces, and click into a workspace to adjust its enabled features. Notion’s example is enabling Notion AI for specific teams while keeping it disabled for others, though the page does not name the control. If you need AI fully off on Business, ask Notion support or your account contact.
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 while AI is on.
Does turning off Notion AI save money?
Not on Business, where AI is part of the plan: Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search are listed under Business on the pricing page, so switching features off does not lower the bill, and to stop paying for it you would change plan (plans and billing help). The AI cost you can avoid on Business is extra Notion credits: do not buy them, or do not let the workspace spend them.
Free and Plus do not bill for AI, so there is nothing to cancel. They include a limited trial of Notion AI, and Notion does not publish how many responses that is. Each AI action counts as a response, including every click on Try again. After the trial is used up, Notion shows a message that Business or Enterprise is needed to continue (trial details).
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.
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- Notion AI features and capabilities
- Is Notion AI really free?
