How to Turn Off AI in Spark Mail
The short answer
Open Spark Settings, go to Spark +AI, and turn the toggle off. Do it on every device you use, because Spark says its +AI settings are not synced across devices.
What Spark +AI does
Spark +AI is Spark's set of AI tools, available on paid plans and during the trial. Spark's help page says it uses an Azure OpenAI integration. Its features include:
- Generating emails and replies
- Summarising long emails and threads
- Quick replies
- Rephrasing, expanding, shortening, and changing the tone of your text
- My Writing Style, which drafts in a style matched to yours
- Translating received and composed emails
- Meeting notes and an AI Assistant
Turn off Spark +AI on Mac and Windows
- Open Spark Settings.
- Click Spark +AI.
- Turn off the toggle.
Turn off Spark +AI on iPhone and Android
- Tap the menu icon at the top left.
- Open Settings > Spark +AI.
- Turn off Enable Spark +AI.
Turn off individual features
If you want to keep some features, the same Spark +AI settings on desktop have separate toggles for Quick +AI Replies and Translate emails.
Check every device
Spark +AI is off by default, so if you never turned it on, you may already be set. Because the setting does not sync, turning it off on your Mac leaves it as it was on your phone. Check each device you use Spark on.
If you want an inbox with no AI at all
Spark keeps +AI off until you turn it on, but it stays one toggle away on every device, and new AI features arrive with updates. Marco is an email client that does not generate, rewrite, summarise, or reply to email with AI. It works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, and any IMAP provider, so you keep your address and leave the AI layer behind.
Read Spark Mail Privacy: What Actually Happens to Your Email, Marco vs Spark, or see which email clients let you turn AI off.
Steps checked against Spark's help documentation in September 2026. Spark changes these menus often, so labels may differ slightly.