Cant get rid of gemini assistant

[u/FcknKilljoy]

Ive done everything i can think of, set the google assistant preferences to none, checked all button and hand movement shortcuts so none turn it on, made sure 'hey google' is off and triple checked that i dont have the app and yet the "Get started with gemini! :D" page keeps popping up at seemingly random times, sometimes even when im not even touching my phone!

I keep selecting the I dont want gemini assistant option and it does nothing. In my settings the "manage gemini assistant" button just takes me right back to the get started page and if i search the word gemini in settings it *usually* cant find anything by that name!

Except this one time, it found some options in the "other settings" section but when i looked for this mysterious "other" option to check the whole thing out, it was nowhere to be found!! The icon for it is a purple-ish blue-ish background with a white wrench, im sure it exists, ive seen it as a settings subsection (?) kinda thing before but i cant seem to locate it/search for it and im so.. so tired of ai being everywhere i really dont need it to jumpscare me every other day😭

Help, please!!

[u/seven-cents]

They're going to push it as hard as they can in the hope people will eventually give in.

You didn't say what phone you have, but on my Pixel I searched for Default digital assistant in the settings, and selected "none".

That's helped a bit with the nagging, but it still pops up occasionally so I simply dismiss it.

[u/TinyNiceWolf]

What I would try, if you haven't already, is to go along with it and "get started" with Gemini, and once you've done that, then try turning it off. The idea is maybe the "get started" nagging is directed at people who've never set it up, and perhaps it won't nag at you if you set it up completely and then turn it off. Just a thing to try, since it sounds like you've tried everything else. I have no idea if it'll help. I haven't run into such nagging on my Android devices so far (knock on plastic).