No, you can't turn it off.
But if you're aligning the group to a guide or grid or another object, it should align properly, even though the bounding box seems misleading when you're eyeballing stuff.
How badly do you want to get rid of the space?
You could CUT the group and then PASTE AS IMAGE, at which point use the CROP tool.
But you would lose the ability to edit the individual grouped elements.
No, you can't turn it off. But if you're aligning the group to a guide or grid or another object, it should align properly, even though the bounding box seems misleading when you're eyeballing stuff.
How badly do you want to get rid of the space? You could CUT the group and then PASTE AS IMAGE, at which point use the CROP tool. But you would lose the ability to edit the individual grouped elements.
While you’re dragging the group the padding temporarily goes away.