manual temperature control

[Franko99]

I don't want any smart control or scheduling with my temperature settings - I just want to set it to 76 and keep at that temperature. I will adjust it manually as I desire.   How can I do that?

[woomoth]

I've been struggling with this myself.  Google does not allow you to fully control your thermostat - it knows best.  I'm constantly trying to keep my thermostat set to minimize cost and reliance on the grid.  Google keeps tweaking it to increase my load on the grid (and my cost).  Best bet:  Return your device and purchase a device (from a thermostat company - not a tech giant) that assures you of manual control.

[SoriaD_]

Hello @Franko99 

Thanks for reaching out to our Nest Community about your Nest thermostat control. I apologize for all the inconvenience. I'm here to help you with it.

You can effectively turn your Nest Thermostat into a standard thermostat by disabling its smart features.
 

• Let's start with an auto-schedule.
• Go to Settings > Auto-Schedule.
• Turn it off. Switch the Auto-Schedule toggle to the off position.

• Them Disable Eco Temperatures.
• Go to Settings > Eco.
• Select the options on OFF.

• And finally, disable Home/Away 
• Go to Settings > Home/Away Assist.
• Select the option: Stop Using

With these steps, we deactivated the smart options on your thermostat. Only if you have a schedule can you influence the temperature on your thermostat.
If you need to delete the schedules, you can try this step: 
 

• Go to Settings > Reset > Schedules. Confirm, and the thermostat will remove all that information. 

After these steps, you can control your thermostat manually without any interference.

Feel free to keep us posted if you have another question. I'm happy to find a solution for you.

Best regards,
Douglas.

[woomoth]

Point of clarification:  The following steps are not sufficient to defeat the thermostat's auto-adjustment.  These steps do reduce the instances of auto-adjustment, but they do not eliminate auto-adjustment:

• Auto-Schedule Off
• Eco Temperatures Off
• Home/Away Assist

To be specific, a thermostat with the above configurations will continue to tweak its temperature (and in doing so, display the "leaf" icon that appears when Eco temperatures are enabled).