You can disable the S Voice feature on your Samsung Galaxy S6 if you don’t really care for the feature. Many users accidentally activate it by double-tapping the “Home” key and would like to prevent it from launching. You can turn it off with these steps.
Option 1
- Open “Apps” > “Settings” > “Application manager“.
- Swipe over to the “All” list.
- Scroll down and select “S Voice“.
- Tap the “Turn off” button.
Option 2
- Option “Apps” > “S Voice” or double-tap the “Home” button.
- Tap the Menu icon located at the upper-right portion of the screen.
- Uncheck the “Open via the home key” option.
The S Voice feature is now disabled and will no longer launch when you double-tap the Home button.
This post applies to models SM-G920F, SM-G920FQ, and SM-920I.
Linda L Dlabay says
Need to turn off voice assistant on galaxy s. Will not let my phone turn off on let me go to menu or setting button. What do I do?
SHN says
Canceling Voice Assistant when you are locked out:
To open the pw screen, swipe two fingers (note: half an inch apart from each other) over the screen.
To enter your password and get to the Voice Assistant settings, use a single tap to pre-select an item on the screen (for example, a character or an app) and then double-tap your pre-selection to confirm your selection.
Good Luck!!
Rosi says
I too have been locked out because of voice assist. Tried entering my password but ok button is not lit up. It reads my password and ok but goes no further. Then screen turns off. Please help !
6stringfan says
This is one of the worst features on my Note 5
VERY frustrating to turn off when accidently enabled.
Would be nice to ‘lock’ the enable button to off as it has turned itself on about 4 or 5 times now.
Nuisance!
Margo says
MARGO’s way.
I found and easier way that bypasses all of S voice obstacles!
1 Tap settings
2 Tap voice icon
3 say “Vision”. When you see it…
4 Tap “Vision”
5 Tap “Voice assistant ” and TURN THE DAMN THING TO “Off”
Hope this helps. It seem that every time something changes, like daylight savings… my galaxy 6 starts talking. I had to make a note on my iPad to remind me how to fix this without wasting hours.
Erin Brown says
THANK YOU MEL !!!
It worked !!!!
Jill says
I am having trouble we the voice assistant on my Samsung j3 cannot get into my phone to turn it off. It will not allow me to use my password and it is now getting very frustrating. Appreciate any help.
Faizal khan says
OK you just use two finger to swipe your screen or pattern lock, if then your phone unlocked you can click one time on menu bar then click two time,
same as like thIs you open your accessibility and turn off it….
thank-you
Jasmine says
how can i disable the voice assistance if the home screen is lock ? i try to enter may password but the keypad is not working. please help thanks
Karen says
Please help me on my samsunggalaxys6 the voice assistant has me locked out can’t get to home page to disable.
aileen says
how can i disable the voice assistance if the home screen is lock ? i try to enter may password but the keypad is not working. please help thanks
Susan says
I just received a new phone and on switching it on the voice activation is on. I have tried tapping the home screen 3 times like it suggests but nothing. It’s a Samsung S7 edge please help this is very annoying.
Kaesha says
Actually I had that problem today after 15 minutes…very frustrating, couldnt change screens, first time that has ever happened to me with this phone (galaxy 6) It finally fixed itself somehow, but now I’m having difficulty shutting off the automatic voice control. Every time I text it keeps saying, “keyboard shown, keyboard hidden ” I tried all of the suggestions in this thread and nothing works. Please help! Thanks
Alaa Khazaleh says
it is very bad my phone was locked i am not able to disable or open the phone , when i tried to write the password it is not working only read the keys .
shirley knight says
my Galaxy 6 phone is locked on the voice assistance. I can’t access any phone controls nor
will the top drown down. Cannot even access the “setting” control.
Frustrating….please help!!
Deirdre Hislop says
I activated the voice assistant and then tried to stop it. Nothing wants to work. Its talking to me and will not open anything on the phone so that I can turn it off. I have even tried to switch the phone off but wont allow me to do that either. PLEASE HELP I’m frustrated. I got the phone on saturday and was looking at the settings and now I’m stuck. PLEASE HELP
Mel says
To turn ours off we had to go accessibility >vision>turn off voice control.
To move down the page continually swipe to the right. To move up the page continually swipe to the left
Phil says
I am having the same problem as kel. Voice assistant won’t let me do anything.its driving me mad.
Ralph Reynolds says
New S6, inadvertently started “voice assistant”, now I can’t shut it off. Cannot access any of the phone controls, top will not drop down. Everything I touch gets a readout from the assistant and it Makes it difficult to use any of the apps.
Jan says
My husband has s-voice on his Galaxy s6 and every so often it starts saying did not get that when he has not touched his phone, he likes the s-voice so does not want to disable it, how can he stop it asking when he has not done anything
morgan says
what happens when i click reset S Voice in samsung S6 S voice setting?
Cornel brown says
My phone is locked on voice command how do I get it off I need some help please .
Kel says
This just saved me. I accidentally activated voice assistant and it would not stop talking and making everything so difficult!! Most annoying 5 minutes of my life. Thank you for this, I have my sanity and my quiet phone back.