diff --git a/.chloggen/gcp-disable-retry-default.yaml b/.chloggen/gcp-disable-retry-default.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d75babeb4a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/gcp-disable-retry-default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: googlecloudexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Disable retry helper by default in GCP and GMP exporter configs.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [19203]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/exporter/googlecloudexporter/README.md b/exporter/googlecloudexporter/README.md
index 449583184848..5f38b9960b2b 100644
--- a/exporter/googlecloudexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/googlecloudexporter/README.md
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ These instructions are to get you up and running quickly with the GCP exporter i
           http:
     exporters:
       googlecloud:
-        # Google Cloud Monitoring returns an error if any of the points are invalid, but still accepts the valid points.
-        # Retrying successfully sent points is guaranteed to fail because the points were already written.
-        # This results in a loop of unnecessary retries.  For now, disable retry_on_failure.
-        retry_on_failure:
-          enabled: false
         log:
           default_log_name: opentelemetry.io/collector-exported-log
     processors:
@@ -173,7 +168,7 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
     - `regex`: Match resource keys by regex.
   - `compression` (optional): Enable gzip compression for gRPC requests (valid vlaues: `gzip`).
 - `retry_on_failure` (optional): Configuration for how to handle retries when sending data to Google Cloud fails.
-  - `enabled` (default = true)
+  - `enabled` (default = false)
   - `initial_interval` (default = 5s): Time to wait after the first failure before retrying; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
   - `max_interval` (default = 30s): Is the upper bound on backoff; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
   - `max_elapsed_time` (default = 120s): Is the maximum amount of time spent trying to send a batch; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
diff --git a/exporter/googlecloudexporter/factory.go b/exporter/googlecloudexporter/factory.go
index 7ec1ce066f85..180fc16f2ac8 100644
--- a/exporter/googlecloudexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/googlecloudexporter/factory.go
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ func NewFactory() exporter.Factory {
 
 // createDefaultConfig creates the default configuration for exporter.
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
+	retrySettings := exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings()
+	retrySettings.Enabled = false
 	return &Config{
 		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: defaultTimeout},
-		RetrySettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings(),
+		RetrySettings:   retrySettings,
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 		Config:          collector.DefaultConfig(),
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/README.md b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/README.md
index a1f1a43d1388..4c2724021b1a 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
   - `endpoint` (optional): Endpoint where metric data is going to be sent to. Replaces `endpoint`.
 - `use_insecure` (optional): If true, use gRPC as their communication transport. Only has effect if Endpoint is not "".
 - `retry_on_failure` (optional): Configuration for how to handle retries when sending data to Google Cloud fails.
-  - `enabled` (default = true)
+  - `enabled` (default = false)
   - `initial_interval` (default = 5s): Time to wait after the first failure before retrying; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
   - `max_interval` (default = 30s): Is the upper bound on backoff; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
   - `max_elapsed_time` (default = 120s): Is the maximum amount of time spent trying to send a batch; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
index 98c36166be95..198a39a436d9 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ func NewFactory() exporter.Factory {
 
 // createDefaultConfig creates the default configuration for exporter.
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
+	retrySettings := exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings()
+	retrySettings.Enabled = false
 	return &Config{
 		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: defaultTimeout},
-		RetrySettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings(),
+		RetrySettings:   retrySettings,
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 	}
 }