How To Deactivate OK Google?

OK Google (or Google Assistant) is a useful Android feature that hears your voice commands. This virtual assistant aids you to make use of your device hands-free, make phonecalls, and search for information.

Even if it is comfortable to use, several people find it invasive and infuriating. It is far too simple to unknowingly enable Google Assistant through the home button when your device is in your pocket. Also, Google Assistant, once in a while, gets your voice misinterpreted and triggers automatically even when you said nothing to it.

You need not get yourself worried though, since there are several ways to deactivate this feature on your smartphone.

This tutorial will break down some methods you can use.

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How To Deactivate Google Assistant?

OK Google and Google Assistant are the same. Deactivating your Google Assistant will turn OK Google off as well. To disable the assistant, adhere to these instructions:

1. Launch the App menu on your Android phone.
2. Click “Google” application.
3. Choose “more.” Its the 3 horizontal dots on the right side.
4. Click “Settings.”
5. “Google Assistant” will be visible with “Settings.”
6. Tap “Settings”
7. Swipe down till you locate “Phone” in “Devices”
8. Click “Phone”
9.  Deactivate “Google Assistant” by clicking on the blue switch to the right.
10. This will totally prevent your OK Google from being enabled.

To activate edit once more, just adhere to instructions and 1-8, turn it on from “Phone” menu.

How To Stop Google From Accessing Your Microphone?

If you are suspicious about Google monitoring your voice even when you have deactivated all its features, this is the method to go for.

To deprive Google of all microphone permissions, adhere to these instructions:

1. Locate the “Settings” application in your app menu and launch it.
2. Click “Apps” or “Apps and Notifications,” according to your Android version.
3. Choose “Google” from the listed applications.
4.  Swipe down till “Permissions” is visible. Choose it.
5. Deactivate “Microphone.”
6. A fresh window might pop up informing you that some simple application features might not function as it should.
7. Tap “Deny Anyway.”

As the caveats warned, some features might stop functioning. For instance, holding the home button on your Android phone will not enable Google Assistant. Plus, every Google feature that needs a microphone will stop, like Google Voice Search.

How Can I Deactivate The Support Button?

If you still fancy using your Google Assistant, but you are irritated by an activation by mistake, you can simply disable the support button. To disable it, you have to:

1. Head to “Settings”
2. Click “Apps.” At times it would be “Apps and Notifications” or “Applications”
3. Locate “Default Applications” On specific Android versions, it requires tapping “more” first. It is visible at the top right.
4. This is where you can click “Device Assistance App.” You can select which application will open when you hold “Home” on your Android phone.
5. In Menu, Google will be seen below “Device assistance app,” click it.
6. Select “None.”

If this is done, your OK Google can still be used alongside its mic features without bothering your head about the assistant enabling itself. Be aware that this will not stop Google Assistant from activating by voice.

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How Can I Uninstall Google Updates?

If you wish to totally get rid of Google Assistant from your device, you can attempt to uninstall updates. Because Google Assistant was not available in older versions of the Google application, getting rid of updates will have it removed as well. To get rid of updates, do this:

1.  Click “Settings.”
2. Click “Applications” to have access to the list of apps.
3. Locate “Google” and get into the application menu.
4. Click “more” at the top-right part of the display. “Uninstall updates” will be visible.
5. Click it and it will take Google back to the first version on the device.

Do not forget that this will get rid of all additional features that you received with Google updates in the past. You will also need to stop every new Google update manually to make sure Google Assistant is not visible.