Supported editions for this feature:Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus; Google AI Pro for Education, and Google AI Ultra for Business. Compare your edition
As an administrator, you can choose to enable or disable Gemini features and the side panel in the following Workspace services:
- Gmail
- Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings, and Vids
- Meet
- Chat
- Google Workspace Studio
The default setting for Gemini features in Workspace services is on. If you turn off features in a service, users can ask about an item in that service via Gemini in another service. For example, if you turn off Gemini in Drive and Docs, a user can ask Gemini in Gmail about a Sheet they own.
Turn on or off Gemini in a Google service
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In the Google Admin console, go to Menu
Generative AI
Gemini for Workspace.
You must be signed in as a super administrator for this task.
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Click the Feature access panel.
Note: Available only with these editions. -
(Optional) To apply the setting only to some users, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced). Show me how
Group settings override organizational units. Learn more
- Click
Edit next to the service you want to enable or disable.
- Click On or Off, and then click Save.
What other controls are available?
- You can turn access to the Gemini app (gemini.google.com) on or off. (Note: this has no effect on other AI features in Google Workspace services.)
- You can turn off NotebookLM on or off as an additional service.
- You can turn access to Google Vids on or off.
- You can control whether users let Google AI take notes in meetings.
- You can turn Google Workspace smart features on or off.
- Users can control smart features in Google products.
- You can turn Gemini for App Creation or Gemini in AppSheet Solutions on or off.
- You can turn Workspace Studio on or off. You can also block Gemini from Workspace Studio with API controls.
