apple Intelligence isn't as big a success story as Apple may have expected. The suite of artificial intelligence features—introduced late in 2024 in ioses 18.1—has received mixed reactions. Some capabilities, like automatically transcribing voice notes and recordings, creating custom emojis, and proofreading, are handy. Others not so much. Apple came under fire for inaccurate notification summaries, particularly those from news apps, and it has temporarily disabled the feature for news and entertainment apps in ioses 18.3.

When Apple first launched its AI venture, you had to opt in. But now, with ioses 18.3, which just released today, Apple Intelligence is enabled automatically during the onboarding process for new users, and anyone upgrading to ioses 18.3. You can still opt out by following a few steps. Whether you want to enable just certain features or disable the whole thing, here's how to turn off Apple Intelligence.

For more on Apple Intelligence (and other features), check out our ioses 18 roundup and macOS Sequoia roundup. Also, check out our other Apple guides, including the Best iphonesss, Best ipadss, and Best MacBooks.

What's Powered by Apple Intelligence?

For a breakdown of Apple Intelligence and how each feature works, read our aforementioned roundup of ioses 18 features and macOS 15 features. Below is a list of all the capabilities you'll have access to when it's enabled:

• Writing Tools
• ChatGPT Extension via Siri
• Genmoji
• Image Playground
• Image Wand
• Priority Notifications
• Summaries in Mail and Messages
• Notification Summaries
• Reduce Interruptions Focus

Remember, Apple Intelligence is only available on select devices. For example, even if older iphonesss can download ioses 18, only handsets like the iphoness 15 Pro and the entire iphoness 16 range support Apple's AI capabilities.

How to Disable Apple Intelligence

Disabling Apple Intelligence is the same process whether you're using an iphoness, ipads, or Mac:

1. Open Settings on your device
2. Scroll down until you find Apple Intelligence & Siri and tap on it
3. Toggle Apple Intelligence off

How to Disable Specific Features

You don't have to turn off Apple Intelligence completely. You can disable the ChatGPT integration or even turn it off within apps, preventing Siri from making suggestions across all your apps.

1. Go to Settings > Apple Intelligence
2. Scroll down to Apps
3. Select the app you want to disable Apple Intelligence from, tap on it, and toggle off “Learn from this App”

In the Mail app, you can also turn off the email summarization feature (which is part of Apple Intelligence). That way, it will no longer summarize previews of your emails as you scroll through your inbox.

1. Go to Settings > Apps
2. Tap the Mail app
3. Scroll down to Message List
4. Toggle off Summarize Message Preview

Apple has made it easier to distinguish AI-summarized notifications. They'll now appear in italics, and you can press and hold the notification and tap Options to turn them off more quickly without diving into a settings menu.

You can also turn off the ChatGPT extension, which will keep Siri and other features from using OpenAI's chatbot to help answer questions.

1. Go to Settings > Apple Intelligence
2. Scroll down to ChatGPT and select it
3. Toggle Use ChatGPT off

Turn Apple Intelligence Back On

If you change your mind, you can always turn Apple Intelligence back on. Follow the same steps you took to turn it off.

1. Open Settings
2. Scroll down and select Apple Intelligence & Siri
3. Toggle Apple Intelligence & Siri on

This enables the feature immediately, though you may have to give your device some time for all the features to load. You can see the loading progress on your screen in real time.

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