{"id":"tuhi-assistant.how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access","category":{"id":"tuhi-assistant","title":"Tuhi, your storage assistant"},"subcategory":{"id":"ai-access","title":"AI access for other assistants"},"question":"How do I turn off AI access?","alt_questions":["Disable MCP in Storage Studio","Stop Claude reading my storage","Switch off local assistant access","Revoke AI assistant access"],"short_answer":"In Settings → Connections, turn off Allow local assistant access; nothing can read from Storage Studio until you turn it on again. To cut off one assistant only, regenerate the key and reconnect the ones you want.","answer_markdown":"Open **Settings → Connections** and turn off **Allow local assistant access**. The pane shows \"Off.\" and no assistant can read anything from Storage Studio until you turn it back on.\n\nTo cut off one particular assistant but keep others, regenerate the access key and reconnect only the ones you still want.","answer_html":"<p>Open <strong>Settings → Connections</strong> and turn off <strong>Allow local assistant access</strong>. The pane shows &quot;Off.&quot; and no assistant can read anything from Storage Studio until you turn it back on.</p>\n<p>To cut off one particular assistant but keep others, regenerate the access key and reconnect only the ones you still want.</p>","answer_text":"Open Settings → Connections and turn off Allow local assistant access. The pane shows \"Off.\" and no assistant can read anything from Storage Studio until you turn it back on.\n\nTo cut off one particular assistant but keep others, regenerate the access key and reconnect only the ones you still want.","tags":["ai access","privacy"],"related":[{"id":"tuhi-assistant.how-do-i-regenerate-the-ai-access-key","question":"How do I get a new AI access key?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-regenerate-the-ai-access-key"},{"id":"tuhi-assistant.what-is-ai-access","question":"What is AI access in Storage Studio?","url":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-ai-access"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"How do I turn off AI access? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"In Settings → Connections, turn off Allow local assistant access; nothing can read from Storage Studio until you turn it on again. To cut off one assistant only, regenerate the key and reconnect the ones you want.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Tuhi, your storage assistant","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/"},{"name":"How do I turn off AI access?","path":"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I turn off AI access?","alternateName":["Disable MCP in Storage Studio","Stop Claude reading my storage","Switch off local assistant access","Revoke AI assistant access"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Open Settings → Connections and turn off Allow local assistant access. The pane shows \"Off.\" and no assistant can read anything from Storage Studio until you turn it back on.\n\nTo cut off one particular assistant but keep others, regenerate the access key and reconnect only the ones you still want.","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access"}}]},"fragment":"<div class=\"wrap fl-wrap\"><div class=\"fl-layout\"><aside class=\"fl-side\" aria-label=\"FAQ topics\"><details open><summary>All topics</summary><ul class=\"fl-tree\"><li><a href=\"/faq/getting-started/\">Getting started</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/freeing-space/\">Freeing up space</a> <span>182</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/moving-folders/\">Moving folders</a> <span>144</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/apps/\">Apps</a> <span>146</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/external-drives/\">External drives</a> <span>169</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/finder-location/\">Finding things in Finder</a> <span>70</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/cloud-accounts/\">Cloud accounts</a> <span>158</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/icloud/\">iCloud &amp; iCloud Photos</a> <span>168</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/data-transfers/\">Data Transfers</a> <span>119</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/backups/\">Backups &amp; restore points</a> <span>126</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/delta-drive/\">Delta Drive, Delta Trust &amp; My Drive</a> <span>125</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/bridge-devices/\">Bridge &amp; your devices</a> <span>111</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/duplicates/\">Duplicate files</a> <span>74</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/junk-yard/\">Junk Yard</a> <span>113</span></li><li class=\"fl-open\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\" aria-current=\"true\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> <span>105</span><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#about-tuhi\">About Tuhi</a> <span>9</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#asking\">Asking Tuhi</a> <span>8</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#what-tuhi-knows\">What Tuhi knows</a> <span>29</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#apple-intelligence\">Apple Intelligence</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#privacy\">Privacy and history</a> <span>11</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#actions\">What Tuhi can do for you</a> <span>6</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#support\">Contacting support</a> <span>12</span></li><li class=\"fl-on\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#ai-access\">AI access for other assistants</a> <span>17</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#troubleshooting\">When Tuhi doesn&#39;t help</a> <span>7</span></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/\">Settings &amp; keep-time</a> <span>88</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/performance-battery/\">Performance &amp; battery</a> <span>62</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/privacy-safety/\">Privacy &amp; safety</a> <span>85</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/licensing-payments/\">Licensing &amp; payments</a> <span>131</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/troubleshooting/\">Troubleshooting &amp; messages</a> <span>180</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/comparisons/\">Comparisons &amp; alternatives</a> <span>75</span></li><li><a href=\"/faq/mac-storage-basics/\">Mac storage basics</a> <span>315</span></li></ul></details></aside><div class=\"fl-main\"><nav class=\"fl-crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol><li><a href=\"/\">Home</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/\">FAQ</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a></li><li aria-current=\"page\">How do I turn off AI access?</li></ol></nav>\n<form class=\"fl-search\" action=\"/faq/search\" method=\"get\" role=\"search\" data-fl-search>\n<label class=\"fl-visually-hidden\" for=\"fl-q\">Search the FAQ</label>\n<input id=\"fl-q\" type=\"search\" name=\"q\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search 2,816 questions…\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<button type=\"submit\">Search</button>\n<div class=\"fl-suggest\" role=\"listbox\" hidden></div>\n</form>\n<article class=\"fl-entry\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow fl-eyebrow\"><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/\">Tuhi, your storage assistant</a> · <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/#ai-access\">AI access for other assistants</a></p>\n<h1>How do I turn off AI access?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> In Settings → Connections, turn off Allow local assistant access; nothing can read from Storage Studio until you turn it on again. To cut off one assistant only, regenerate the key and reconnect the ones you want.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Open <strong>Settings → Connections</strong> and turn off <strong>Allow local assistant access</strong>. The pane shows &quot;Off.&quot; and no assistant can read anything from Storage Studio until you turn it back on.</p>\n<p>To cut off one particular assistant but keep others, regenerate the access key and reconnect only the ones you still want.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-regenerate-the-ai-access-key\">How do I get a new AI access key?</a></li><li><a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/what-is-ai-access\">What is AI access in Storage Studio?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/tuhi-assistant/how-do-i-turn-off-ai-access.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}