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How to Turn Off or Limit Meta AI on Facebook and Messenger

Meta AI now appears across Facebook and Messenger. The Meta help pages we used don’t describe a single switch that removes it everywhere, but they do give you real controls: you can stop Meta AI features that share a Messenger chat’s messages (such as summaries), turn off Meta AI comment summaries on your Page, and object to Meta using your information to improve its AI. Here’s each one, with Meta’s own steps, and what Meta says Meta AI can see.

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Quick answer

Messenger chat: open the chat > Information > Message permissions and turn off Allow message sharing. Meta says no one in the chat can then use Meta AI features that share messages with it. Your Page: Settings & privacy > Settings > Posts and turn off Allow comment summaries on your posts. Your data: Meta has a form to object to your information being used for its generative AI.

What do you want to stop?

Does this match what you see?

  • You don’t want people using Meta AI to summarize or edit things in your chat.
  • Meta AI summaries appear under your Page’s posts.
  • You don’t want your information used to improve Meta’s AI.
  • You’re not sure what Meta AI can read in your chats.

iPhone & iPadAndroidComputer (browser)

Based on Messenger Help “How to manage message sharing permissions”, “Ask Meta AI on Messenger” and Facebook Help “Turn Meta AI comment summaries on or off for posts on your Facebook Page” (supplied by the site owner). Message permission steps are the same on iPhone, iPad, Android and computer.

Why this happens: the possible causes

Which control to use. Our own summary of Meta’s pages.

Meta AI controls and what they do
You want toUse
Stop Meta AI features that share a chat’s messagesMessage permissions
Stop comment summaries on your PageAllow comment summaries off
Stop your info being used to improve Meta’s AISubmit an objection
Know what’s shared when someone uses @Meta AIWhat Meta AI can see
  • Someone used @Meta AI in a chatCheck this first

    Meta says Meta AI reads and replies to content shared with it, including messages that mention @Meta AI.

  • Comment summaries are on by defaultCheck this first

    Meta says Meta AI comment summaries are turned on by default for Pages.

Try these 60-second checks first

  • Update Messenger. Meta says Meta AI and message sharing permissions are being introduced gradually. Our note: updating Facebook may also help.

How to fix it, step by step

Work through these in order. They start with the quickest, safest checks and only move to steps that sign you out or remove data later.

Fix 1: Stop Meta AI features in a Messenger chat

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Meta says when message sharing permissions are off, no one in the chat can use AI features that involve sharing messages with Meta AI, such as summarizing the chat or asking Meta AI to edit someone else’s photo.

  1. Open the chat in Messenger.
  2. Tap or click Information.
  3. Below Privacy & support, tap or click Message permissions. If you don’t see it, Meta says the feature may not be available to you yet, or the chat may be a type that doesn’t support it, such as a Marketplace chat.
  4. Turn off Allow message sharing.

Meta says in a one-to-one chat either person can change this; in a group chat only group admins can. If you can’t flip the switch in a group, ask an admin. Turning it off also turns off auto-save photos for that chat.

Did it work? Our check: Message permissions shows Allow message sharing as off.

Fix 2: Turn off Meta AI comment summaries on your Page

Safe & reversible2 miniPhone & iPadAndroidComputer (browser)

Meta says comment summaries are on by default, and a Page owner or admin can turn them off for all posts on the Page at any time.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Tap Menu (top left) or your profile picture, then Options, and select your Page.
  2. Tap Menu again, then Settings & privacy > Settings.
  3. Swipe down to Posts and turn off Allow comment summaries on your posts.

Android

  1. Tap Menu (top left), then Options, and select your Page.
  2. Tap Menu again, then Settings & privacy > Settings.
  3. Swipe down to Posts and turn off Allow comment summaries on your posts.

Computer (browser)

  1. Click your profile photo (top right) > See all profiles, and select your Page.
  2. Click your Page’s profile photo (top right) > Settings & privacy > Settings.
  3. Under Audience and visibility, click Posts and turn off Allow comment summaries on your posts.

Meta says your choice saves automatically. The setting covers all your Page posts, but not posts you make in Facebook groups, where summaries may still appear. Meta also says summaries are only available for some Page posts with a large number of comments, and aren’t available to everyone yet, but you can still turn them off.

Did it work? Our check: the setting shows as off under Posts.

Object to Meta using your information for its AI

Meta says that if you don’t want your information used to develop and improve Meta’s generative AI models, you can submit an objection to Meta (external site, opens in a new tab).

Our note: this is a request to Meta. It doesn’t remove Meta AI from your apps.

What Meta AI can see in your chats

  • Messages shared with it: Meta says Meta AI reads and replies to content shared with it, including messages that mention @Meta AI, AI image prompts and messages you ask it to summarize.
  • Group chats: Meta says that when anyone mentions @Meta AI, messages from the past 30 days are shared with Meta AI. Meta says this isn’t available in all countries; where it isn’t, only the message that mentions Meta AI is shared.
  • Everyone sees it: Meta says others in the chat can see your message to Meta AI and its reply. Meta advises being careful with personal information such as your address or phone number.
  • Direct chats with Meta AI: Meta says it can remember details you choose to share and use them in later replies.
  • How Meta uses it: Meta says it uses your interactions with AIs to improve AI at Meta, and that if the AI can’t answer, it shares your messages to the AI and general information like your region with select partners.
  • Turning off message sharing doesn’t stop everything: Meta says people can still forward messages, report them to Meta, or forward them to Meta AI.

Meta also says Meta AI’s answers may be inaccurate or inappropriate and shouldn’t be used for important decisions. Encrypted chats: see how Messenger encryption works.

Keep summaries on, but remove one

Meta says that if comment summaries are on, you can remove the summary from a specific post on your Page. It also says that if you hide or delete a comment used in a summary, Meta AI may generate a new summary without it. Ads, including boosted posts, don’t get summaries.

How to know it worked

  • Our check: the chat or Page setting you changed shows as off.

Still not working? Your next steps

  1. Worried someone else is using your account? See Facebook hacked.
  2. Want to limit who sees your posts instead? See who can see my posts.

Official help routes

SocialAppFix can’t see or change your account. For account decisions, recovery and appeals, only the platform’s own tools can help. These links go to the official sites.

Frequently asked questions

Can I turn off Meta AI completely?

Our note: the Meta help pages we used don’t describe a single switch that removes Meta AI from Facebook or Messenger. They do give some controls: turning off message sharing in a chat (a group admin must do this in group chats, and Meta says it’s being introduced gradually), turning off Page comment summaries, and objecting to your information being used to develop and improve Meta’s generative AI.

How do I stop Meta AI features that share messages in a group chat?

Meta says a group chat admin can turn off Allow message sharing under the chat’s Information > Message permissions. Then no one in the chat can use Meta AI features that share messages with it, such as summaries. Meta says people can still forward messages to Meta AI.

Can Meta AI read my group chat?

Meta says that when someone mentions @Meta AI, messages from the past 30 days in that group chat are shared with Meta AI. Meta says this isn’t available in all countries; where it isn’t, only the message that mentions it is shared.

How do I turn off Meta AI comment summaries?

Meta says a Page owner or admin can go to Settings & privacy > Settings > Posts and turn off Allow comment summaries on your posts. It doesn’t apply to group posts.

Does Meta use my chats with Meta AI to train its AI?

Meta says it uses your interactions with AIs to improve AI at Meta. You can submit an objection if you don’t want your information used for its generative AI models.

Sources and how we checked this guide

We base steps on the platforms’ own help pages and the phone makers’ official guides. Menu names change often and can differ by device, app version and region. Where a platform page could not be independently read, we link it so you can check the current wording yourself.

  1. How to manage message sharing permissions for a Messenger chat (external site, opens in a new tab)Facebook Help Center · checked 21 October 2026
  2. Turn Meta AI comment summaries on or off for posts on your Facebook Page (external site, opens in a new tab)Facebook Help Center · checked 21 October 2026
  3. Ask Meta AI on Messenger (external site, opens in a new tab)Facebook Help Center · checked 21 October 2026

Last reviewed 30 October 2026 by the SocialAppFix editorial team against the sources above. Next scheduled review: 30 January 2027. How we write and review guides.

What changed
  • 30 October 2026: First published.

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