How to Disable Apple's Intelligence on Your iPhone.

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When opening a device such as a phone or laptop, it is increasingly difficult to avoid the use of artificial intelligence. As I began this article in Google Docs, I was already offered AI assistance to write it, although I decided not to use it. With the introduction of Apple Intelligence, this phenomenon also affects devices like iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

However, not all users find the features of Apple Intelligence released so far useful. According to a recent survey, approximately 75% of iPhone owners do not understand the excitement surrounding these features. Another noteworthy fact is that these artificial intelligence tools take up about 7GB of local storage on each device they are implemented on.

One advantage of Apple Intelligence is that its activation is voluntary and relatively easy to disable, which is not the case with all artificial intelligence tools available on the market, like those from Google and Microsoft. If you consider features like writing tools and notification summaries unnecessary, you can choose to disable them.

If you have already activated Apple Intelligence and wish to disable specific functions, there are guidelines to follow. Here are the steps to deactivate various features on devices running iOS 18.2.

Deactivate Individual Apple Intelligence Functions

You can choose to disable notification summaries from specific apps or disable them completely. In iOS, go to the "Apple Intelligence & Siri" settings. How you proceed depends on what you want to deactivate.

• ChatGPT Extension: Enable or disable the additional intelligence that ChatGPT adds to Siri when requesting answers.

• Notifications: Notification summaries can be turned off individually. Go to Settings > Notifications > Summarize Notifications to disable the feature.

• Writing Tools / Image Creation: To disable these functions, go to Screen Time in Settings:

  • Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions.
  • Select Intelligence and Siri.
  • Disable Image Creation or Writing Tools.

• Message Prioritization: The prioritization of messages in Apple Mail is another feature you can hide. Within your inbox, tap the three dots in the top right, switch to List View, and disable Show Priority.

Most Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.2 can be disabled individually, leaving only options like the photo cleanup tool and the smart interruptions feature in Focus mode.

Completely Disable Apple Intelligence

If you prefer not to interact with Apple Intelligence at all, it is possible to disable it completely. Go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri and look for the toggle to turn off all available functions on your iPhone. Keep in mind that disabling this option does not remove the AI models from the device, as they take up space in the memory.

If you decide to disable Apple Intelligence and free up space, you will need to restart your iPhone and set it up from scratch without enabling that function. It is important to back up all relevant information before proceeding with this option.

For now, users have considerable control over the Apple Intelligence functions that are active on their devices. However, more improvements related to artificial intelligence are anticipated in the future, raising the question of whether these features will continue to be optional.