Answers
Should I turn off auto-apply recommendations?
Yes. You cannot manage an account that changes itself overnight.
The short answer
Yes. You cannot manage an account that changes itself overnight.
Auto-apply can add keywords, widen match types and adjust budgets without you knowing, which makes the change history — your main audit tool — unreliable.
Turn it off, then review recommendations manually.
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