How to disable all AI stuff in Zed

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I use Visual Studio Code as my primary editor, but I like Zed editor because it’s simple and fast. The only concern is the LLM bloat, which I’d like to disable to make it a perfect file editor.

Update 2025-08-10 #

Great news, Zed authors now allow to use a one liner to disable AI features

"disable_ai": true

I don’t know if it is a bug, but “Inline Assist” button is still present in a Terminal Panel. You have to explicitly disable agent to hide this button:

"agent": { "enabled": false }

Old configutation #

To disable all AI stuff I use this configuration:

"assistant": {
  "enabled": false,
  "button": false,
  "version": "2"
},
"features": {
  "edit_prediction_provider": "none",
  "copilot": false
},
"chat_panel": {
  "button": "never"
}

I’m sure this configuration may become outdated, so I’ll try to maintain it as long as I use Zed editor.