This article show how you can disable the bing chat AI responses if you feel it being redundant or not helpful in your search.
It is no doubt that Bing has gained some popularity since the introduction of the Bing Chat AI. It is also no doubt that the AI may change how the search engine is used entirely. However, different people may have different reasons as to why they would disable the Bing Chat AI responses. Including privacy concerns, preference, and unhelpful responses from the AI. Although the responses would be helpful at times, the Bing chat AI is in its early stages and it will mostly suggest what is already on the search results page making it redundant.
Fortunately Microsoft is smart enough that they have the option to turn off the Bing Chat AI responses. Let's see how you can turn off the Bing Chat AI responses.
Turning off the Bing Chat AI Responses
- The first step is to head over to Bing.
- Click on the hamburger menu on the far right of the screen to display additional settings.
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Under the labs sub-menu, you get three options.
Auto (Default),More FrequentandOff. By default, the Bing chat responses are set to Auto which may show / fail to show the responses on the sidebar. If you chooseMore Frequent, The responses will be more frequent on the sidebar.
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To turn off the responses completely, Choose the
offoption and the responses will stop showing on the sidebar.
Disabling the Bing Chat Completely.
The Method above only disables the chat responses on the sidebar. To completely remove the Bing Chat AI altogether, follow the steps below.
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Head over to the hamburger menu again.
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Choose the
Settingsoption which will display more options.
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Scroll down until you see the Bing Chat (Beta) option. Uncheck the box and save your settings for the changes to take effect.
Conclusion
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