AI is being crammed into anything and everything at a ridiculous rate, even though most people can't stand AI and everything that comes with it. Sadly, Internet browsers are at the forefront of this push, with almost every single one of them now including some form of AI. Thankfully, for the time being, it's still possible to disable some of these features, so follow along as this guide explains how to disable AI features in Brave Browser using the available internal flags.
Takeaways:
- Is there a way to disable AI Features in Brave Browser?
- Learn how to disable AI in Brave Browser.
Table of Contents
Before you Start Making Changes
Before you jump in and purge Brave of AI features, there are a few things you need to be aware of.
Some flags are redundant: Disabling Brave AI Chat alone may not fully remove UI entry points. You must also disable search integration and context menu tools.
Not all flags remove AI completely: Brave may still update AI features via core browser updates. Flags mainly disable frontend access, not the underlying presence of code.
Do NOT disable unrelated security flags: The private IP address flag is not AI-related in a functional sense. It is best left disabled by default.
Missing flags: There are no additional essential AI disable flags beyond the list you provided. Brave consolidates most AI behaviour into the flags above.
The most important one is to remember that Brave might remove the ability to disable AI features at any stage, so while it's possible now, it might not always be.
How to Disable AI in Brave Browser
There are tons and tons of AI Features in Brave browser, most of which you can disable without any problem. However, they aren't found in the standard settings area. Instead, you'll have to dig deeper into the Advanced Settings tucked away in brave:flags.
To access this area, open your browser, then type or copy and paste the following into the address bar and press enter: brave://flags
Once you are on the page, search AI, then scroll down until you get to the section that has all of the AI stuff. Since the search is looking for "ai", ignore any of the non-related AI tags. They are super obvious when you see them. Below are all of the ones you can disable, just flip the toggle from Default to Disabled.
Brave AI Chat
#brave-ai-chat
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Brave AI Chat History
#brave-ai-chat-history
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Prevents storage and persistence of AI conversations.
Brave AI Chat Global Side Panel
#brave-ai-chat-global-side-panel
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: If enabled, it keeps AI chat active across tabs.
Brave AI Chat Rich Search Widgets
#brave-ai-chat-rich-search-widgets
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Removes AI-powered search enhancements.
Brave AI Chat User Choice Tool
#brave-ai-chat-user-choice-tool
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Prevents AI from prompting interactive choice questions.
Brave AI Chat Rewrite In Place From Context Menu
#brave-ai-chat-context-menu-rewrite-in-place
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Removes AI rewrite tools from the right-click menu.
Brave AI Chat Tab Management Tool
#brave-ai-chat-tab-management-tool
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Prevents AI-assisted tab grouping or cleanup.
Search and Integration AI Features
These features connect AI to Brave Search and page context.
Brave AI Chat First
#brave-ai-first
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Ensures search is prioritised over AI responses.
Open Leo AI Chat from Brave Search
#brave-ai-chat-open-leo-from-brave-search
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Removes AI entry points from search results.
Brave AI Chat Web Content Association Default
#brave-ai-chat-web-content-association-default
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Prevents automatic sending of page content to AI.
Brave AI Chat Detailed Page Content Extraction
#brave-ai-chat-detailed-page-content-extraction
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Prevents advanced AI page parsing.
UI Entry Points (Remove AI From Interface)
These flags control where AI appears in the browser UI.
Show AI Chat input on the New Tab Page
#brave-ai-chat-show-input-on-new-tab-page
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Prevents AI box from appearing on new tab page.
Brave AI Chat Global Side Panel (UI persistence)
Already covered above
Action: Must remain disabled to fully remove side panel AI.
Advanced and System-Level AI Flags
These are less visible but still part of the AI system.
Brave AI Host-Specific Distillation
#brave-ai-host-specific-distillation
Default Enabled
Action: Disable
Reason: Prevents AI optimisation scripts from running per site.
Private IP Addresses for Custom Model Endpoints
#brave-ai-chat-allow-private-ips
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Security-related, not needed for normal browsing.
Brave’s AI browsing (agent profile)
#brave-ai-chat-agent-profile
Default Disabled
Action: Keep Disabled
Reason: Disables experimental AI browsing mode.
