How to Turn Off Apple Intelligence AI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Apple Intelligence takes up a lot of precious space on your iPhone and Mac. If I go to my storage settings, notice that Apple Intelligence is taking a whopping 7GB of space on my iPhone. That’s too much, considering it’s next to useless as of now. If you want to recover that lost space, here is how to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Turn off AI on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Let’s start by disabling Apple Intelligence on your iPhone and iPad. The steps for both are the same:

1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and tap to open Apple Intelligence & Siri settings.

2. Now, turn off the toggle next to Apple Intelligence and tap the Turn Off Apple Intelligence button to confirm.

You have now turned off AI on your iPhone. But remember that the data won’t go away immediately. In my experience, you will have to wait till the next iOS update to get rid of it.

Disable Apple Intelligence on Mac

Now, let’s see how to disable Apple Intelligence on Mac.

1. Use the  Menu to launch the System Settings app on your Mac.

2. Click the Apple Intelligence & Siri setting menu in the left sidebar.

3. Now, turn off the toggle for Apple Intelligence.

4 Finally, click the Turn Off Apple Intelligence button to confirm.

That’s it. Now you know how to turn off Apple intelligence on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. If you want a better AI experience, click here to learn how to use ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude as your Safari search engine.