#That annoying as hell
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Hi @timber bluff. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
It sounds like ChatGPT is defaulting to image generation for your prompts, which can quickly use up your Free-tier limits.
From the docs:
- Free users can generate images, but image creation has its own, stricter rate limits separate from normal text usage. [Free tier FAQ]
- Image generation is one of the tools that can be limited or disabled depending on your plan or settings (for example, on some Ads-Free Free configurations, image generation may be unavailable). [Ads-Free Free plan]
The knowledge sources don’t describe a user-facing toggle to “turn off” image generation in standard Free accounts, nor a way to force text-only replies in the UI. They only state that:
- Free users can “Create images in ChatGPT” as a capability. [Free tier FAQ]
- Some Free Ads-Free variants may remove access to image generation entirely. [Ads-Free Free plan]
Given that, your options based on the available docs are:
- Try switching to the Ads-Free Free variant (if available in your region).
That version may disable image generation as part of its “reduced feature access,” which would stop the auto-image behavior but also lower your overall usage limits. [Ads-Free Free plan]
- Contact support so they can look at your specific account behavior.
The docs suggest using the Help Center contact options when limits or tools don’t behave as expected. [Free tier FAQ]
The knowledge sources do not show any in-chat setting you can flip yourself to permanently force “text only” on the Free plan, so I can’t point you to a direct “fix” button beyond the Ads/Ads-Free plan choice and contacting support.
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Just put in custom instructions "do not generate images unless explicitly asked" tell me if that worked