RemoveMacAI Deletes 12GB of Apple Intelligence Data on macOS 27
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Updated · The Verge · Oct 5
RemoveMacAI Deletes 12GB of Apple Intelligence Data on macOS 27
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Oct 5
Summary
RemoveMacAI, an open-source command-line tool, can disable Apple Intelligence features on Macs, delete roughly 12GB of local AI models, and stop macOS from downloading them again.
macOS 27 removed Apple’s single toggle for turning off Apple Intelligence, leaving users to hunt through about a dozen settings while the foundation models still remain on disk.
The tool switches off Siri, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, summaries and the ChatGPT extension; its developer says the changes survive macOS updates and Dictation still works.
Storage savings may exceed 12GB on some machines: one MacBook Air showed Apple Intelligence using 35.05GB, and the tool also offers status and revert commands to inspect models or restore them.