An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS

<figure> <img alt="A close-up of a MacBook using Siri AI against a black background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Apple" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/highlights_siri_conversations_endframe__d56qnw2oz22q_large_2x.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">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 <a href="https://github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI">RemoveMacAI</a>. There used to be a single <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24348850/apple-intelligence-ai-default-setting-ios-18-3">Settings toggle for disabling Apple Intelligence</a>, but that was removed in macOS 27. Now, the models stay on your disk, and the features are split up across different settings panes.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">As spotted earlier by <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-intelligence-removal-tool-frees-mac-storage/"><em>MacRumors</em></a>, the RemoveMacAI developer said in <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/s/kDoGWtdHwZ">a post on Reddit</a> that the tool essentially does what the old settings toggle did, deleting the models and turning the features off: </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You have to find about a dozen settings, and several of them are under Screen Time. …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004672/mac-delete-apple-intelligence-ai-tool">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>