Mac Users Reclaim 12GB+ of Storage With Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool called RemoveMacAI allows Mac users to delete Apple Intelligence models to reclaim significant storage space. While the tool effectively frees up around 12GB of space, users lose access to various AI-driven features integrated into macOS.
Why it matters
This reflects growing user demand for control over local storage and the ability to opt-out of resource-heavy AI features on consumer hardware.
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called " RemoveMacAI ," the command line tool disables Apple Intelligence on macOS 27, removes its downloaded models, and prevents them from being downloaded again.
In macOS 27, Apple removed the toggle to disable Apple Intelligence wholesale, and simply disabling individual features doesn't remove the models from your Mac's drive. As explained by the developer , RemoveMacAI gets around this by using a configuration profile to switch off Apple's own asset management service and remove the models.
It then configures the system so attempts to download the removed models are redirected to a closed local port, preventing them from immediately coming back. And it does all this without disabling System Integrity Protection (SIP) or manually deleting files from protected system locations, unlike some older tools have.
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