How To Remove Snapchat's New AI Chatbot From Your Messages Screen

Snapchat introduced a new AI-powered chatbot to its millions of users around the world — but left them with the burden of not being able to remove it from the messages screen.

If you've used the instant messaging social media app in the last week, you've noticed a new friend added to the top your roster, "My AI." This new chatbot gives users the opportunity to ask questions, have conversations and even get recommendations from the app's new technology. You can even add "My AI" to chats with your friends, send it photos and customize its appearance. While you can tweak what your new bestie looks like, there are some features only available to Snapchat+ users.

One of those features is the ability to remove it from the top of your messages screen. With any other Snapchat conversation, users have the ability to tap and hold the message thread, click "Chat Settings" and clear the chat from the feed. With "My AI," however, you need to subscribe to the social media app's premium service to do so, according to the chatbot itself. Snapchat+ also gives users the ability to customize the app icon, wallpapers and profile backgrounds, see who rewatched your story and add a badge to your profile, to name a few features. This service costs users $3.99 a month or $29.99 per year. The app continuously adds new perks to being a Snapchat+ subscriber. You can subscribe through your app's settings.

Unfortunately, while you can unfriend or block any user you want, you can't unfriend or block "My AI." The only way to remove the chatbot from the top of your messages screen is to subscribe to Snapchat+ and turn the service off in the app's settings, according to a response from "My AI" itself:

You need to be a Snapchat+ subscriber to remove My AI from your Chat feed. If you're not a subscriber, you can still interact with My AI and send it messages.

Since you're stuck with the chatbot unless you pay up, here are a few ways you can interact with the new My AI:

• Provide local recommendations for restaurants, bars and attractions
• Answer questions
• Engage in conversation
• Chat reply to photos
• Perform basic math operations
• Weather updates
• TV show or movie recommendations
• Find local events
• Suggest things you can do with friends
• Find local services like hospitals, pharmacies and gas stations
• Suggest outdoor activities like hiking trails and parks
• Travel planning like finding flights and hotels
• Local transportation options
• Providing educational resources and online classes
• Find volunteer opportunities
• Recommend local charities or nonprofit organizations
• Suggest ways to get involved in your community
• Find local shopping centers and malls
• Suggest ways to stay active including fitness classes or sports teams
• Find places to take your pets
• Plan date night or night out with friends
• Suggest books and book clubs
• Recommend local concerts

Check out more details about Snapchat and "My AI."