How to Disable AI Features from macOS 27 Golden Gate to Reclaim Storge

General
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Is it possible to remove AI from macOS Golden Gate? I don’t intend to use Siri Ai under any circumstances and I don’t need AI to help me writing emails or editing photos. System Data and AI are using about 80GB of my 500GB SSD. I want to delete the on-device AI models to reclaim the valuable space.

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You can disable Apple Intelligence features in each app with the following steps.
Siri

  1. You will need to enable Screen Time to block Siri. Go to System Settings > Screen Time > Contents & Privacy.
  2. Turn off the Contents & Privacy switch at the top of the screen.
  3. Click Siri.
  4. Change Siri to Siri Classic.
  5. Go through the list of Capabilities and turn each one off.

Notifications

  1. Go to System Settings > Notifications.
  2. Turn off the Summarize notifications.

Messages

  1. Launch Messages.
  2. Go to Settings > General.
  3. Turn off Summarize Messages.

Mail

  1. Launch Mail.
  2. Go to Settings > Viewing.
  3. Turn off Summarize Message Previews.
  4. Go to Settings > Composing.
  5. Turn off Personalize Smart Replies.

Journal

  1. Launch Journal.
  2. Go to Settings > General.
  3. Turn off Get Writing Prompts.

See: Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac - Apple Support

Siri & other apps

  1. Go to System Settings > Siri.
  2. Click on App Access.
  3. Click on each app and…
  4. Turn off Learn from this application.
  5. Turn off Show Siri Suggestions in application, if shown.
  6. Repeat for each app in the list, there should be at least 70 of them.

Credits: etresoft

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While you can turn off AI features on macOS 27 Golden Gate, you can’t simply remove or delete the model files to reclaim SSD real estate, even if you choose not to use the features.

They are protected system assets bound to the operating system installation and cannot be selectively deleted or uninstalled from System Settings or Finder.

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Instead, try to delete the unnecessary files on your Mac that can be safely removed.

Use iBoysoft Cleaner to analyze your Mac’s storage space and permanently delete the unwanted documents, apps, or other types of data.
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