How to hide the agent prompt in the empty editor area?

Background

In IDEs on 2026.3 builds and later, the editor area shows an AI agent prompt (a text input that starts an agent session) when no editor tab is open. The prompt comes from the Air plugin, which is bundled. The prompt replaces the standard Search Everywhere and Go to File hints and appears even when no AI agent is in use.

Question

How to hide the agent prompt in the empty editor area?

Answer

1. Open Help | Find Action, type Registry, and select Registry.

2. Clear the air.inline.empty.state.prompt option.

   

3. Close and reopen an editor tab, or restart the IDE.

The empty editor area shows the standard hints again.