How to disable Sidekick completely
There is no straightforward way to completely turn off the built-in AI assistant. This leaves the blue AI editor button permanently stuck at the top of the screen, creating an annoying distraction.
Overview
People affected2 accounts across 2 forums
Workarounds found1 item attempted
Community agreement8 total upvotes
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- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
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How to disable Sidekick completely
Source: https://saidithere.com/problems/disabling-a-platform-ai-assistant · Verified Community Workarounds
- 1Contacting the hosting provider's support team to ask them to disable the injected featureDid this help you?
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Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/shopify1 person · September 2026
“How do I disable Sidekick completely?”source ↗
Lundorff · r/shopify · 5 upvotes
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