diff --git a/src/command/Commands.js b/src/command/Commands.js
index caa7c4bd14..e62ff0e073 100644
--- a/src/command/Commands.js
+++ b/src/command/Commands.js
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
     /** Opens the terminal panel */
     exports.VIEW_TERMINAL               = "view.terminal";              // Terminal/main.js              _showTerminal()
 
+    /** Toggles whether AI features are enabled */
+    exports.VIEW_ENABLE_AI              = "view.enableAI";              // phoenix-pro aiEnabled.js     _handleToggleEnableAI()
+
     /** Toggles line numbers visibility */
     exports.TOGGLE_LINE_NUMBERS         = "view.toggleLineNumbers";     // EditorOptionHandlers.js      _getToggler()
 
diff --git a/src/extensionsIntegrated/Phoenix/phoenix-tour.js b/src/extensionsIntegrated/Phoenix/phoenix-tour.js
index 6635a58205..944e224c28 100644
--- a/src/extensionsIntegrated/Phoenix/phoenix-tour.js
+++ b/src/extensionsIntegrated/Phoenix/phoenix-tour.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
         CommandManager      = require("command/CommandManager"),
         Commands            = require("command/Commands"),
         WorkspaceManager    = require("view/WorkspaceManager"),
+        PreferencesManager  = require("preferences/PreferencesManager"),
         CentralControlBar   = require("view/CentralControlBar");
 
     const TOUR_STORAGE_KEY = "phoenixOnboardingTourState";
@@ -89,6 +90,17 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
     const STEP2_PEEK_HOLD_MS = 2000;
     const SIDEBAR_AI_TAB_ID = "ai";
 
+    /**
+     * True when the user has deliberately turned AI off (see the `enableAI`
+     * preference owned by phoenix-pro). The tab is legitimately absent in that
+     * case, so step 2 skips itself instead of reporting a missing-tab error.
+     * The pref is undefined in builds without phoenix-pro, hence the explicit
+     * `=== false` check rather than a falsy test.
+     */
+    function _isAIDisabledByUser() {
+        return PreferencesManager.get("enableAI") === false;
+    }
+
     function _markComplete() {
         _state.version = CURRENT_TOUR_VERSION;
         _saveState(_state);
@@ -391,6 +403,14 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
         _detachStepClickMetric();
         _cancelStep2AIPeek();
         _ensureSidebarVisible();
+        if (_isAIDisabledByUser()) {
+            // The user turned AI off — there is nothing to introduce, so skip the
+            // whole step rather than half of it. Checked before the tab lookup so
+            // this also covers the window between disabling AI and the restart
+            // that actually removes the tab, where the tab is still in the DOM.
+            _runStep3();
+            return;
+        }
         const $tab = $('.sidebar-tab[data-tab-id="ai"]');
         if (!$tab.length) {
             logger.reportError(new Error("phoenix-tour: AI sidebar tab missing at step 2"));
diff --git a/src/nls/root/strings.js b/src/nls/root/strings.js
index b4bbf0b8de..0a3c898f71 100644
--- a/src/nls/root/strings.js
+++ b/src/nls/root/strings.js
@@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ define({
     "CMD_VIEW_TOGGLE_INSPECTION": "Lint Files on Save",
     "CMD_VIEW_TOGGLE_PROBLEMS": "Problems",
     "CMD_VIEW_TERMINAL": "Terminal",
+    "CMD_VIEW_ENABLE_AI": "Enable AI",
     "CMD_WORKINGSET_SORT_BY_ADDED": "Sort by Added",
     "CMD_WORKINGSET_SORT_BY_NAME": "Sort by Name",
     "CMD_WORKINGSET_SORT_BY_TYPE": "Sort by Type",
@@ -2019,6 +2020,7 @@ define({
     "DESCRIPTION_INDENT_GUIDES_ENABLED": "true to show indent guide lines, else false.",
     "DESCRIPTION_HIDE_FIRST": "true to show the first Indent Guide line else false.",
     "DESCRIPTION_CSS_COLOR_PREVIEW": "true to display color previews in the gutter, else false.",
+    "DESCRIPTION_ENABLE_AI": "true to enable AI features, false to disable AI entirely.",
 
     // Emmet
     "DESCRIPTION_EMMET": "true to enable Emmet, else false.",
@@ -2489,6 +2491,14 @@ define({
     "AI_UPSELL_DIALOG_TITLE": "Continue with {0}?",
     "AI_UPSELL_DIALOG_MESSAGE": "You’ve discovered {0}. To proceed, you’ll need an AI subscription or credits.",
 
+    // Enable/disable AI toggle
+    "AI_DISABLE_CONFIRM_TITLE": "Disable AI?",
+    "AI_DISABLE_CONFIRM_MESSAGE": "This turns off all AI features. The AI panel will be removed and {APP_NAME} will stop connecting to AI services.<br><br>Restart {APP_NAME} for this to take effect.",
+    "AI_DISABLE_CONFIRM_BTN": "Disable AI",
+    "AI_ENABLE_CONFIRM_TITLE": "Enable AI?",
+    "AI_ENABLE_CONFIRM_MESSAGE": "This turns AI features back on and restores the AI panel.<br><br>Restart {APP_NAME} for this to take effect.",
+    "AI_ENABLE_CONFIRM_BTN": "Enable AI",
+
     // AI CHAT PANEL
     "AI_CHAT_TITLE": "Claude Code",
     "AI_CHAT_SURPRISE_ME_USER_MSG": "Surprise me!",