How to completely disable Bixby on your Samsung mobile

Bixby is Samsung’s assistant, a kind of response to the Korean brand’s Google Assistant. For years the phones of the brand that are launched in Spain make use of it. Also, for a while the assistant learned to speak Spanish as well. Despite this, there are many users who do not want to use it on their phone.

Although it has advanced significantly, for many users Bixby is not a good assistant or they do not believe that it contributes something to their devices. Because, want to disable this wizard completely on their Samsung phone. If this is your case, there are a series of steps to follow to deactivate this assistant completely on the phone.

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The assistant’s presence on the phones of the Korean brand is remarkable, since we have on the one hand the Bixby button. Also the routines and the presence of the assistant in general within the device, such as their voice commands, are something that we have to deactivate. So we will have to perform various actions on the phone to be able to deactivate it completely.

Disable the Bixby button

The Bixby button has been around for a couple of years now on Samsung phones, although not everyone likes it. In fact, many users seek to give it various uses, something that we can configure as well. Or even change the assistant of the Korean brand for Google Assistant, is another possibility to use on phones. But in this case what we want is to deactivate this button.

1. Open the settings.
2. Enter the Advanced functions section.
3. Click Function Button.
4. Choose another function instead of opening Bixby.

If you choose to open an application using this option, it will ask you to choose which application you want to open using this method. So you will simply have to click or select on the application in question.

Bixby routines

Another function that we are in Samsung phones are the Routines, something that in the most recent high-end, the Galaxy S20, is presented as a function of enormous interest, which allows good use of the device at all times, by automating certain actions or processes. We have already talked about them before, because it is one of those functions to take into account.

1. Open the settings.
2. Enter Advanced Features.
3. Tap Bixby Routines.
4. Disable this option.

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Speech recognition

Voice recognition is also essential so that the assistant will work on your phone, since we can activate it by means of a simple voice command, without having to use buttons on the device. Therefore, it is also something that we must deactivate if we want Bixby to stop working on our phone.

1. Search for the Bixby app on your phone.
2. Open the app.
3. Click on the three horizontal stripes on the left.
4. Go into Settings.
5. Turn off the assistant’s voice options.

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Disable Samsung Daily

Bixby Home has been replaced by Samsung Daily in the brand’s most recent models, since One UI is its customization layer. Also many users want to stop using this feature on their phone. This is something we can achieve by following these steps:

1. Go to the home screen.
2. Press with two fingers on it, to open the window management panel.
3. Swipe to view the Samsung Daily window.
4. Turn off the switch.

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