How to Disable Bixby on Galaxy Note 9

This guide explains how to disable Bixby on the Galaxy Note 9, or at least prevent accidental tapping of the button. While Samsung offers owners a few different options, you can’t get rid of Bixby completely.

Bixby is Samsung’s virtual assistant similar to Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant. And while it’s pretty handy, you might want to turn it off.

The biggest problem is the special button on the side of the phone. It’s easy to shuffle or accidentally press the Bixby key for the volume button. Don’t open Bixby when you want something else. The other problem is we cannot reconfigure this key to open other apps like camera or Google. So, follow our steps or video below to mute Bixby on Galaxy Note 9.

How to Disable Bixby Button

To prevent Bixby from opening automatically every time you accidentally press the button, follow the steps below. This works on Note 9 with Bixby 2.0 after September 2018.

Unfortunately, there is no way to completely disable the Bixby key like on the Galaxy S9. Well, not without downloading some 3rd party apps or hacking the phone. that said, that’s intent it prevents accidental touches and makes it almost impossible to accidentally launch the app.