How to remove Google Assistant app icon from app drawer?

[Android Central Question]

Title says it all really. Is there a way to remove it as it is really bugging me since I won't ever use the Assistant. This popped up on my phone today out of the blue. Couldn't find any setting to remove it from my app drawer and it's so annoying.

 

[Rinsun]

Guys, I have bad news. It's back but this time it's called Voice Search...

Well, I had Voice Search icon and label before but not during the time when I had the Assistant icon and label. After the Assistant icon and label vanished, I had the Voice Search back again in my App Drawer.

 

[Svet the Saiyan]

Well, it's disappeared again and hopefully for good. It ruins the symmetry of my app drawer. uff: