---
title: "You Can Now Disable All AI Features in Zed — Zed's Blog"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-disable-all-ai-features-in-zed-zed-s-blog-rwzkb5lxg
source_url: https://zed.dev/blog/disable-ai-features
type: article
source: "Zed"
published: 2025-07-23T15:47:38.295Z
updated: 2026-03-15T02:17:35.060Z
tags: ["ai", "devtools", "privacy", "zed"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 28
comments: 5
language: en
---

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# You Can Now Disable All AI Features in Zed — Zed's Blog

**[Zed](https://daily.dev/sources/zed)** · 3 min read · 28 upvotes · 5 comments

## Summary

Zed code editor now allows users to completely disable all AI features through a global setting in settings.json. The feature addresses concerns from developers who prefer AI-free workflows due to privacy, organizational restrictions, or philosophical reasons. For those with only privacy concerns, Zed offers alternatives like using your own API keys or local AI models. The editor maintains its commitment to user choice while continuing to develop both AI-enhanced and AI-free experiences.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://zed.dev/blog/disable-ai-features>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@tosharybakou** · 2 upvotes

> Finally someone (my favorite ide) did it.
> PS for me it’s about philosophical reasons 💪

**@isaacmathew** · 1 upvotes

> A.I. in the future will be reserved for its fans. Not everyone will want to automate everything. That is why we still have crafts that sell and machined products to complement them.

**@hunordori** · 0 upvotes

> While I like and use some of the AI features of Zed. But it is always good to have it as an option. 👍

**@ss7** · 0 upvotes

> All $hit aside, when are they going to release Zed for Windows?

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