The icon for the new Figma Agent is in the worst spot

Hey, ​@Bethany_Rockney.  Thanks for taking the time to post this - we appreciate the feedback regarding the placement of the icon!

To turn off on-canvas prompting, you can go to Main menu > Preferences > Show AI Chat on canvas and turn that setting off. You'll still be able to use the agent in the left nav panel, but it will no longer show the icon in your canvas.

We built this agent to help designers explore more ideas, automate tedious work, and get real-time feedback so they can spend more time honing their craft. We'll continue to improve and build on Figma's core design tools in addition to AI capabilities.

In the meantime, I've shared your feedback with the team. Thanks again!

Totally agree with this, it’s really painful.

Being able to access the agent contextually for a specific element can be useful, but I don’t think designers need it every time they select something.

At least, it shouldn’t be placed where it’s so easy to trigger accidentally while manipulating nearby elements. More importantly, its current position forces us to constantly reposition the mouse with extra precision just to avoid opening it.

Those interruptions happen far too many times a day and really break the flow of design work.

Do Figma UX designers even use Figma???? Every time something new is added it’s just awful. 

I’m still constantly clicking devmode toggle by accident on small frames. 

Also annoyed that they replaced the assets button with agents button and used a similar icon 😡

The instructions in Adam’s response for how to turn off on-canvas prompting is helpful. I just wish it were more obvious that the option is available. Maybe they said it in one of those little pop-up tutorials at some point, but no oner ever reads those. (That’s not just a Figma thing, It’s universal.)

Go to Main menu > Preferences > Show AI Chat on canvas and turn that setting off.

I read the prompting and it was not covered in that no. 

Are we serious? Every time I hover or click on an object there is now a button covering my work to open an AI prompt window. This is gross. A huge reason for moving away from Adobe for me is to get away from these useless AI tools being forced on me. Care to stand for something different Figma? Or just going to follow the trend

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Please stop adding AI features to FIGMA. Or simply let me disable everything that is related to AI so I dont have to see it. I want to work, not be interrupted by your stupid shareholders goals.

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I don’t even have the option to turn it off in the preferences dropdown….

EDIT: nvm found it

It’s not easy to find!

Hey ​@Samuel Tomé — welcome to Figma Forum, and thanks for sharing your experience here.

I wanted to offer a couple of clarifications and point you to some potential solutions.

• If you're looking to hide Figma agent on the canvas, you can turn off on-canvas prompting by going to the main menu in your file (Figma icon in upper left corner of the app) → Preferences → Show Agents on canvas and turn that setting off.
• For fully disabling AI features: There isn't a setting available to individual users to disable all AI features. On Enterprise plans, organization admins can enable or disable AI features organization-wide in admin settings. They can find details here: Manage AI settings and content training for your team or organization → Adjust access to AI across Figma. On other plan types, this option isn't available.

If you have more feedback on how this is impacting your workflow, feel free to share — I'll make sure it gets passed along to our product teams. 🙏🏻

[Moderator note: This post was merged from STOP adding AI to this amazing tool! You are TRASHING IT! into The icon for the new Figma Agent is in the worst spot on 01-Jul-2026.]