diff --git a/dvc/progress.py b/dvc/progress.py
index d03b037c06..a8ab61951b 100644
--- a/dvc/progress.py
+++ b/dvc/progress.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ def __init__(
         desc  : persists after `close()`
         level  : effective logging level for determining `disable`;
             used only if `disable` is unspecified
-        disable  : If (default: None), will be determined by logging level.
+        disable  : If (default: None) or False,
+            will be determined by logging level.
             May be overridden to `True` due to non-TTY status.
             Skip override by specifying env var `DVC_IGNORE_ISATTY`.
         kwargs  : anything accepted by `tqdm.tqdm()`
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
             file = sys.stderr
         self.desc_persist = desc
         # auto-disable based on `logger.level`
-        if disable is None:
+        if not disable:
             disable = logger.getEffectiveLevel() > level
         # auto-disable based on TTY
         if (
diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index be5929fd21..176da69b92 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _get_dir_info_checksum(self, dir_info):
 
         from_info = PathInfo(tmp)
         to_info = self.cache.path_info / tmp_fname("")
-        self.cache.upload(from_info, to_info, no_progress_bar=True)
+        self.cache.upload(from_info, to_info, no_progress_bar=False)
 
         checksum = self.get_file_checksum(to_info) + self.CHECKSUM_DIR_SUFFIX
         return checksum, to_info
diff --git a/dvc/remote/gdrive.py b/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
index 3ad4a78006..9365bf4e37 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/gdrive.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def gdrive_upload_file(
         self,
         parent_id,
         title,
-        no_progress_bar=True,
+        no_progress_bar=False,
         from_file="",
         progress_name="",
     ):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/gs.py b/dvc/remote/gs.py
index 0419dc440d..aa389379b9 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/gs.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/gs.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _upload_to_bucket(
     to_info,
     chunk_size=None,
     name=None,
-    no_progress_bar=True,
+    no_progress_bar=False,
 ):
     blob = bucket.blob(to_info.path, chunk_size=chunk_size)
     with io.open(from_file, mode="rb") as fobj:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def exists(self, path_info):
         """
         return self.isfile(path_info) or self.isdir(path_info)
 
-    def _upload(self, from_file, to_info, name=None, no_progress_bar=True):
+    def _upload(self, from_file, to_info, name=None, no_progress_bar=False):
         bucket = self.gs.bucket(to_info.bucket)
         _upload_to_bucket(
             bucket,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def _upload(self, from_file, to_info, name=None, no_progress_bar=True):
             no_progress_bar=no_progress_bar,
         )
 
-    def _download(self, from_info, to_file, name=None, no_progress_bar=True):
+    def _download(self, from_info, to_file, name=None, no_progress_bar=False):
         bucket = self.gs.bucket(from_info.bucket)
         blob = bucket.get_blob(from_info.path)
         with io.open(to_file, mode="wb") as fobj:
diff --git a/dvc/repo/add.py b/dvc/repo/add.py
index e469119b93..dfd71de12b 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/add.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/add.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def add(repo, targets, recursive=False, no_commit=False, fname=None):
                 total=len(stages),
                 desc="Processing",
                 unit="file",
-                disable=True if len(stages) == 1 else None,
+                disable=len(stages) == 1,
             ) as pbar_stages:
                 for stage in stages:
                     try:
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _create_stages(repo, targets, fname, pbar=None):
     for out in Tqdm(
         targets,
         desc="Creating DVC-files",
-        disable=True if len(targets) < LARGE_DIR_SIZE else None,
+        disable=len(targets) < LARGE_DIR_SIZE,
         unit="file",
     ):
         stage = Stage.create(repo, outs=[out], add=True, fname=fname)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_progress.py b/tests/unit/test_progress.py
index 72005f65cd..30dd7e662f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_progress.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_progress.py
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ def test_quiet_logging(caplog, capsys):
         assert out_err.err == ""
 
 
+def test_quiet_logging_disable_false(caplog, capsys):
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.CRITICAL, logger="dvc"):
+        # simulate interactive terminal
+        with mock.patch.object(sys.stderr, "isatty", return_value=True):
+            for _ in Tqdm(range(10), disable=False):
+                pass
+            out_err = capsys.readouterr()
+            assert out_err.out == ""
+            assert out_err.err == ""
+
+
 def test_quiet_notty(caplog, capsys):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="dvc"):
         for _ in Tqdm(range(10)):