Manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services

Supported editions for this feature:Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus; Teaching and Learning add-on and Education Plus; Google AI Pro for Education, and AI Ultra Access. 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
• Calendar
• Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings, and Vids
• Meet
• Chat
• Google Workspace Studio

The default setting for Gemini features in Workspace services is on.

Even if Gemini is off for a specific app, users can still access its data when using Gemini in other apps. For example, a user in Gmail can ask Gemini about a Drive file when Gemini is turned off for Drive.

Turn on or off Gemini in a Google service

1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu Generative AI Gemini for Workspace.

   Go to Gemini for Workspace

   Requires having the Gemini Settings administrator privilege.

2. Click the Feature access panel.

   Note: Available only with these editions.

3. (Optional) To apply the setting only to some users, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced).

   Group settings override organizational units. Learn more

4. Click Edit next to the service you want to enable or disable.

5. Click On or Off, and then click Save.

Note: To access Gemini in Workspace services, users need to turn on smart features and personalization.

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.