Disable diagram generation features in draw.io

  1. Select Extras > Configuration from the menu, or … > Settings > Configuration from the toolbar.
    Access the draw.io configuration via Extras > Configuration
  2. Add the following JSON string to the configuration: "enableAi": false
    Set the enableAi option to false in the draw.io configuration to disable Generate tools in the template manage, search, menus, and toolbar
  3. Click Apply to save your changes. Reload the browser tab to load the new configuration and disable the diagram generation features in the draw.io editor.

This removes the the Generate tools and options from the template library, search field and menus, and hides the sparkle tool from the toolbar.

Feature availability

If you are using the online version of draw.io at app.diagrams.net, then the diagram generation features are enabled by default.

Diagram generation is not available in draw.io Desktop as the Desktop version is fully offline.

Administrators must manually enable diagram generation in draw.io for Confluence Cloud in the draw.io configuration options before their users can generate diagrams. Diagram generation tools are disabled by default in draw.io for Confluence.

When the lockdown option is set to true, the all diagram generation options and tools will be disabled and hidden.

Using diagram generation in draw.io

The AI-assisted diagram generator in draw.io uses a variety of LLMs (AI large language models such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini). draw.io will choose an appropriate one for the diagram type you have requested in your prompt.

You write a prompt in text, and it returns a Mermaid diagram or a draw.io diagram based on your input, the type of diagram and any options you selected.

What diagram data is shared?

Your query text and the diagram response generated by the LLM tool is seen by the LLM service.

The diagram generation actions you can customise in the draw.io configuration determine what (if any) data is cached and/or shared.
The diagram Generate options can be customised in draw.io to include specific actions or allow you to choose specific AI models

  • When you Create a diagram, this is the only diagram and text data that leaves the draw.io editor - your diagram data is not shared with the LLM.

  • If you choose Create (Diagram is public), your diagram data is cached on the draw.io backend for faster processing

  • If you choose to Include a copy of my diagram or share a Selection only when generating a diagram from your prompt, this diagram data will be shared with the LLM service.

Customise which of these diagram generation options are available in the editor by changing the draw.io configuration.

Learn more about diagram generation and how to write good queries to generate better diagrams.