How to turn off Bixby on a Samsung Galaxy

By · 2 min read · 6 steps · Updated 5 October 2026

Short answer

Open Settings, Advanced features, Side button and set Long press to Power off menu, so the button no longer starts Bixby. To sign out of Bixby itself, open Advanced features, Bixby and tap Leave Bixby. It cannot be deleted from the phone.

Device
Android
Shown on
Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16
App
Settings
Path
Settings › Advanced features › Side button: Long press
Real screenshots
6 of 6 steps
Checked
October 2026
Sources
2 official, linked below

Step by step

  1. Android screenshot: Open Advanced features

    Open Advanced features

    Open Settings and tap Advanced features.

  2. Android screenshot: Tap Side button

    Tap Side button

    It is in the second group of the page.

  3. Android screenshot: Set Long press to Power off menu

    Set Long press to Power off menu

    Tap Long press and choose Power off menu. Ours was set to Digital assistant (Google); on some phones it says Bixby.

  4. Android screenshot: Check Voice wake-up

    Check Voice wake-up

    Back on Advanced features, Voice wake-up controls whether the phone listens for a wake phrase. Turn it off if you never talk to an assistant.

  5. Android screenshot: Open Bixby

    Open Bixby

    Tap Bixby on the Advanced features page.

  6. Android screenshot: Sign in shown? Bixby is already off

    Sign in shown? Bixby is already off

    Our phone showed this welcome page with a Sign in button, which means Bixby was never set up. If yours shows Bixby settings instead, scroll down and tap Leave Bixby.

About this guide

Bixby is Samsung's voice assistant. Most people meet it by accident, when holding the side button to switch the phone off. On our phone Bixby was not set up at all, and the side button was set to Google's assistant.

The screenshots are from a Samsung Galaxy A57 5G with One UI 8.5 and Android 16. Other Galaxy phones on One UI 8 use the same menus; on older One UI versions a few names and positions differ. We only looked at these screens on our phone and changed nothing.

Good to know

Samsung says Bixby itself cannot be removed. Leaving it signs you out; clearing its data under Settings, Apps, Bixby also deletes your Bixby history.

More about the side button: how to change what the side button does on a Samsung Galaxy.

In short: Settings, Advanced features, Side button: Long press, Power off menu. Then Advanced features, Bixby, Leave Bixby.

Sources

Links checked on 4 October 2026. Rules and prices change. Check the official source before you act.