How to Limit, Disable, and Mute Meta AI Features in WhatsApp

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Your complete guide to dealing with Meta AI in WhatsApp

Co-authored by Hannah Dillon Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: September 5, 2025 Fact Checked

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Removing Meta AI from WhatsApp

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Limiting Meta AI

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Disabling Private Processing

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Muting Meta AI

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Resetting Meta AI

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Deleting Meta AI's Memory

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If you are annoyed by the Meta AI button in WhatsApp, you're not alone—many users are upset with this change. While WhatsApp says that Meta AI is optional, there is unfortunately no way to disable Meta AI in the app. In this article, we go over a few ways you can limit or reduce Meta AI's presence in WhatsApp. Keep reading to learn more.

Removing Meta AI from WhatsApp

Unfortunately, Meta AI can't be removed from WhatsApp. However, you can limit Meta AI in your chats and disable features that help you write and recap messages. If you used Meta AI before, you can remove your messages from Meta's servers, and you can delete memories Meta AI has of you. You can also mute the chat.

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Can you remove Meta AI from WhatsApp?

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No, you cannot fully remove Meta AI in WhatsApp. There are a number of ways to limit Meta AI in WhatsApp, but there's unfortunately no way to fully remove it from the app. There's also no way to turn off the blue MetaAI disc on your WhatsApp chat screen.
- Meta AI isn't available in every WhatsApp market, but users in the United States, Europe, and parts of Asia have reported seeing the Meta AI blue disc icon in WhatsApp.^{[1]
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- While you can't turn Meta AI off in WhatsApp, there are several things you can do to limit how much it can interact with you. You can limit Meta AI in your chats, disable AI private processing. reset Meta AI if you've already used it, delete Meta AI's memories about you, and mute Meta AI notifications.

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Limiting Meta AI in WhatsApp Chats

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You can limit Meta AI in your WhatsApp chats, but unfortunately, you must do this for each chat. There is no blanket setting for this in your WhatsApp settings.
This will open a settings menu for that specific chat.
It's near the bottom of the menu, and it has an icon of a shield. It's between Lock chat and Encryption.
This will ensure that the other user(s) in the chat can't use Meta AI to summarize your messages, nor can Meta AI be tagged in the chat.^{[2]
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Disabling AI Private Processing Features

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Tap the Settings button in the bottom-right corner of the app. It has an icon of a gear. In WhatsApp, Meta AI can help you write messages and give you a summary of messages you missed. If you don't want this enabled, you can turn it off in your settings.
- Private Processing is disabled by default, but you may want to check and make sure it's actually disabled.
- While WhatsApp says that neither Meta nor WhatsApp can read anything you write using their Private Processing features, you may still want to disable it if you're trying to avoid Meta AI.^{[3]
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It's about halfway down the menu, and it has an icon of a speech bubble. It's in between Privacy and Notifications.
It's near the bottom of the menu, under Voice message transcripts.
This option is likely already toggled off, but if it's not, turn it off now.

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Muting Meta AI

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If you're getting bothersome notifications from Meta AI in WhatsApp, you can mute the chat to disable notifications.
Just like with your other WhatsApp chats, this will open a menu for the Meta AI chat.
This will pull up a menu that allows you to mute Meta AI for a period of time.
If you want to mute Meta AI indefinitely, tap Always. Otherwise, you can choose 8 hours or 1 week.

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Resetting Meta AI Chat

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Tap the blue disc in the bottom-right corner of your WhatsApp chats screen. If you have used Meta AI in the past and want to fully delete all of your responses from Meta's servers, you can easily reset the AI.
- Just clearing the Meta AI chat in WhatsApp's chat settings won't delete your messages from Meta's servers. You'll have to reset the chat to delete your messages.
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Type /reset-ai in the chat. If you've never used Meta AI chat, the chatbot will reply saying that it's in its default state and there's nothing to clear. However, if you have used Meta AI chat before, you'll get a response that says, "The AI will be reset to its default state. The AI's copy of this conversation will be deleted from Meta servers."^{[4]
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- You can also type /reset-all-ais to reset all of your chats with Meta AI, including in group chats with other users.

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Deleting Meta AI's Memory

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Tap the blue disc in the bottom-right corner of your WhatsApp chats screen. If you've ever asked Meta AI to remember something, it will show up in Meta AI's memories. Information about you might be saved in Meta AI's memories as well if you have other accounts connected in your Accounts Center (such as Facebook or Instagram).^{[5]
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- WhatsApp says Meta AI can't read your conversations or listen in on your calls, and won't save memories from these sources.^{[6]
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- Meta AI's saved memories will be used to improve Meta AI.^{[7]
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Just like with your other WhatsApp chats, this will open a menu for the Meta AI chat.
The option has an icon of a paper with a sparkle in the corner. It's between Imagine yourself and Connected apps.
If you want to delete all of Meta AI's memories about you, tap Delete all. Otherwise, tap Manage and choose the memories you want to delete.