Turn off Vertex AI Search

Turning off Vertex AI Search stops billing for AI Applications. After it is turned off, there is no guarantee that your data related to it will persist. If you delete the project, then all data is deleted according to the deletion policy for projects.

Because AI Applications, Vertex AI Search, Google Agentspace are based on the Discovery Engine API, disabling the Discovery Engine API turns off all these products and any code that calls the Discovery Engine API fails.

To disable the Discovery Engine API, follow these steps:

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Discovery Engine API Service Details page.
  2. Click Disable API.
  3. In the Disable Discovery Engine API? box, click Disable.