Apple Intelligence Disable Script for macOS

This directory contains scripts to disable Apple Intelligence functionality on macOS Sequoia 15.1+.

What This Script Does

The script disables the following Apple Intelligence features:

• Main Apple Intelligence toggle
• Writing Tools (AI-powered text editing)
• Siri AI enhancements
• Predictive text completion
• Automatic spelling correction

Usage

./disable_apple_intelligence.sh

Follow the prompts

Restart your Mac for complete effect

Storage Reclamation

To reclaim approximately 7GB of storage used by AI models:

1. Restart your Mac into recovery mode.
2. Open Disk Utility and mount your Data volume
3. Open Terminal and run:

   rm -rf /Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels
   rm -rf /Volumes/Data/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_Visual

4. Reboot your system

Re-enabling Apple Intelligence

To re-enable Apple Intelligence, run:

defaults write com.apple.CloudSubscriptionFeatures.optIn "545129924" -bool true
defaults write com.apple.HIToolbox AppleTextWritingToolsEnabled -bool true
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticTextCompletionEnabled -bool true

Compatibility

• OS: macOS Sequoia 15.1+ (Validated on macOS 26)
• Hardware: Apple Silicon Macs (M1, M2, M3, M4) (Validated on M4)

Housekeeping

• The script only modifies user preferences via defaults commands
• No system files are deleted (except in Recovery Mode step)
• Changes are reversible