Open-source tool RemoveMacAI can delete Apple Intelligence data on Mac
What happened
On 5 October 2026, The Verge reported that the open-source command-line tool RemoveMacAI can delete around 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS. The tool can turn off Apple Intelligence's Siri, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, the ChatGPT extension and various summarisation features, delete its foundation models, and stop macOS from downloading them again. On 6 October, Ars Technica reported that the command-line tool can remove Apple Intelligence from macOS 27 and free up more than 12GB of storage. The tool has been released and covered in turn by several outlets, with no further developments so far.
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- Ars Technica · AICommand-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
- The Verge · AIAn open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
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.