How to disable Gmail's smart features and prevent tracking
If you don’t like how Google’s Gmail client can make you feel like it’s second-guessing your every keystroke, you may want to know how to disable Gmail’s smart features and prevent tracking.
Although it turns all of these smart features on by default, Google does let you switch them off if you dive into Gmail’s settings menu. Fortunately, we have a step-by-step guide below which will tell you how to disable all of Gmail’s smart features to prevent it from tracking you, and the features you lose out on as a result.
How to disable Gmail’s smart features and prevent tracking
How to disable smart features
If Google’s ability to complete your sentences or remind you of neglected emails is creeping you out, these can easily be switched off. You can do this modularly, too, if you still want to keep one or two features that you find useful.
1. Click the Settings cog in the top right. Then click “See all settings” to take you to the main options screen.
