How to Disable Apple Intelligence on Your iPhone or Mac and Reclaim Valuable Space
Apple's latest operating systems, iOS 27 and MacOS 27, include a revamped Siri AI that can consume significant storage space. The article provides instructions on how to check storage usage and disable Apple Intelligence features to reclaim space.
Why it matters
As AI features become integrated into consumer devices, users are increasingly concerned about storage management and the ability to opt out of resource-heavy software.
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The new Siri AI could be taking up a lot of storage on your device.
Read full bio October 5, 2026, 5:25 pm ET
Siri AI is available on iOS 27 now. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Apple launched iOS 27 and MacOS 27 in September , and those updates introduced a revamped Siri AI powered by Apple Intelligence to Apple devices. While the new Siri was better at most tasks in my testing, it can still take up a significant amount of on-device storage space. On my iPhone , for example, it takes up about 6.4 GB of data, while it takes up about 17.9 GB of space on my MacBook Neo .
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