An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
A new open-source tool called RemoveMacAI allows users to delete Apple Intelligence models from macOS, potentially freeing up over 12GB of storage space. The tool automates the removal of AI features that are otherwise difficult to fully purge from the system.
Why it matters
It addresses user concerns regarding forced storage consumption by proprietary AI features and provides more control over local system resources.
Getting some extra storage space on your Mac could be as easy as deleting Apple’s AI features with a new open-source command line tool called RemoveMacAI. There used to be a single Settings toggle for disabling Apple Intelligence, but that was removed in macOS 27. Now, the models stay on your disk, and the features are split up across different settings panes.
As spotted earlier by MacRumors, the RemoveMacAI developer said in a post on Reddit that the tool essentially does what the old settings toggle did, deleting the models and turning the features off:
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