Google Chrome’s “weights.bin” file has been gathering a lot of attention, particularly for its forced, inexplicable, and inescapable nature. This file is responsible for on-device Gemini Nano features and is actually good for your privacy, but users have been looking for ways to opt out of these features, delete the file, and stop it from being redownloaded.
Google makes it easy to disable this file and its associated features, but ironically, this setting isn’t available to all users. If you’re wondering how you can get rid of Chrome’s “weights.bin” file, here are the steps you need to follow!
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Google says it began rolling out the ability for users to easily turn off and remove the model directly in Chrome settings in February. Once disabled, the Gemini Nano model will no longer download or update, so you won’t have a large “weights.bin” file hogging space on your computer anymore — with the caveat that features that rely on the deleted models will no longer work.
