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Android: Enable or Disable Google Feed

By Mitch Bartlett 41 Comments

The Google Feed (formerly known as Google Now) feature on the Android devices is considered great by some users, and annoying by others. Some people live by their Google Feed cards, while others find them annoying and intrusive. Here’s how to turn the feature on or off.

  1. From the Home screen, tap “Apps“.
  2. Choose “Google“.
  3. Tap the “Menu” button in the upper-left corner.
  4. Select “Settings“.
  5. Choose “Your feed“.
  6. Set the settings on the screen as deisred:
    • The “Notifications” setting controls whether or not updates display in the notification area. Set it to “On” or “Off” as desired. You can also set a Ringtone or Vibrate option on urgent updates.
    • The “Feed” setting turns the entire Google Now feature on and off. When selected, you can also choose to delete your Google Feed preferences and disable Google Feed on all the devices tied to your account.

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  1. Fred Kirchner says

    i TI just now stumbled on the solution. I got the newest version of Google (Android 10) I think. Find “Home Settings”.. Then click on “Swipe Access”.. Then pick choice “Nothing”. RESULT: Nothing is displayed tothe left of the home screen. Meaning that the annoying “Feed” has vanished.

  2. Fred Kirchner says

    The trouble with GOOGLE SEARCH, they never provide a date for every webpage they show you. So this particular page by Mitch Bartlett could be 5 years old and completely obsolete. Google probably has eliminated “Google Feed” years ago from their app. That is why in 2021 nobody can find it.
    PROBABLY 90% OF WHAT YOU GET ON GOOGLE SEARCH IS OUTDATED OR OBSOLETE.

  4. Raghunathan P says

    Where is my News Feed? Your suggestion to look for Apps on home screen is meaningless, as there is no Apps to click. I tried Google collection>Google>settings but couldn’t locate news feed to switch on or off.

  5. john smith says

    nope, you have no clue what you’re talking about. I don’t have “your feed” in my settings when I open chrome on my phone.

  8. M.L.K says

    On mobile device open Chrome

    Menu > Settings > Downloads > Slide-to-off Download article for you on Wi-Fi

    This should works!

  11. Eugene Moore says

    Some news is ok but don’t clutter peoples device’s up with it that’s the reason I am thinking about getting rid of my internet service people don’t need these things anyway

  15. Ezra says

    Long press on the background, of the home screen as to change the wallpapers, select Home Settings, select Swipe Access [for left swipe screen], select Nothing to deselect Google feed,
    That’s it for Android 10 users!

  17. Lakesider says

    Thank you David W April 4, 2018 at 1:06 pm
    This actually worked!

    Google is the biggest, most malevolent Trojan horse in history!!

  19. NM Buday says

    Don’t know what happened to the news feed on my homepage just disappeared how do I get it back I miss it it’s part of my morning reading..,?

  21. jack brown says

    Just got a new phone. It’s got news , more news and nothing but the news. I can’t make a phone call, get to the home screen, or settings

  22. Narrative13 says

    Go Settings then to Display then to Home Screen. Then scroll down to “left home screen” and disable AppFlash. That will remove far left screen that news feed. Cheers

  23. HH says

    pixel:

    1. swipe left and click hamburger
    2. click settings
    3. discover
    4. turn off discover and turn on data saver for discover

    try to refresh discover by swiping left and then swiping up (refreshing).

  24. Ali raza says

    Won’t work on my phone. I tap Google settings . My feed and the Google app stops . No option to do anything please help me I want to enable it…

  25. Fabian Brewster says

    I’m using this google news feed on my android phone successfully. I now wish to install this on my Windows 10 laptop using the same news feeds previously selected. Please advise how?

  27. John says

    Won’t work on my phone. I tap Google settings . My feed and the Google app stops . No option to do anything

  28. David W says

    r below is right! It’s very easy to turn off. Like he said, long press on a home screen to pull up the launcher to change your wallpaper and add widgets. On the bottom right is a button for “Home Settings”. There you can turn off “Display Google App”.

    BAM! Your fully customized annoying feed of clickbait is gone!!

  29. David says

    ‘Signing out’ from the Google app turns off the feed page. You just have to find out where… It’s not obvious.

    Settings > Accounts and privacy
    Touch ‘Google account’

    This launches the sign-out pop-up

    Select ‘Sign out’

  30. r says

    press over the wallpaper
    then it appears wallpaper, widgets, transitions and settings
    click on settings
    disable google feed

    good luck!

  31. masteratt says

    Google please, this Feed screen on the far left that doesn’t want to seem to go away (even when I toggle off “Your Feed”) is just an unbelivable daft “feature”.
    No good has come to any company by forcing things down customer’s throats. Maybe in short term, but I am now considering alternate launchers or a different phone for my next upgrade.

    Give us a simple option to get rid of that forced far left Feed screen.

  32. mischa says

    I went to (phone) settings, then applications, then application manager, then google icon, then unclicked box next to “notifications” (as well as clered cache and cleared storage under ‘manage storage’) on a samsung android. This is an annoying unwanted feature they automatically added without knowledge.

  33. Mike says

    I posted below regarding deleting updates for the Google App to bring back the switch to disable the feed. Alas, about 24 hours after allowing the Google App to update, it seems to have re-enabled itself.

  34. Mike says

    I had this issue on my Nexus 5X. I didn’t have the option to disable the Feed even though I had seen the switch previously. I think a more recent Google App update disabled the switch. I was able to get rid of the feed by: removing all app updates for the Google App (this set me back to v6.something). Now I can see the switch and disable the feed. I hesitated with updating the Google App for two months, but finally allowed it to update. Luckily, the feed is still disabled for me, so this may work for others.

    Also, is this just a “feature” of the Google Now Launcher? If so, perhaps just switching to an alternate launcher could work for some people.

  35. Bob says

    The option to disable google now cards feed has been removed (!) so what worked was signing out of the Google app. Here’s how:

    Open Google app
    Tap sandwich bar then Settings
    Tap Accounts and Privacy
    At the top, tap your Google account which is probably listed and then sign out

  36. RA says

    Mine will no longer allow mebto simply turn off my feed. I got rid of it my going to settings, apps, google, clear search data. It is gone now!

  37. Katrina says

    On my android, next to the disable feed option, there is an actual note that says you can’t disable the feed on newer versions of the google search app. I just got rid of the app as best I could (disable). The feed is really annoying.

  39. Christine says

    This will stop it:
    Tap on google bar
    Press the Google icon until three lines show up
    Tap the three lines
    Tap settings
    Tap autocomplete
    Turn off
    Feed disappears

  41. Riemer says

    I still got a Feed page on the left of my home screen. How do I disable this completely? Buying an iPhone?

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