diff --git a/xarray/core/options.py b/xarray/core/options.py
index d5095cf734a..944170e0a17 100644
--- a/xarray/core/options.py
+++ b/xarray/core/options.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class T_Options(TypedDict):
     "display_expand_data": "default",
     "display_expand_indexes": "default",
     "display_default_indexes": False,
-    "display_nbytes": True,
+    "display_nbytes": False,
     "enable_cftimeindex": True,
     "file_cache_maxsize": 128,
     "keep_attrs": "default",