Deleting Apple intelligence on iOS27

[Svetlin]

Is there a way to delete the Apple intelligence model from my device?

After updating to iOS27 it downloaded automatically, without asking me. Is there a way to remove it and claim back the 9 GB of space.
Where I live Apple Intelligence is borderline useless and i have kept it turned off since iOS 18.

There is no longer a menu “Apple intelligence & Siri” but only “Siri” in the settings.

- Siri is turned off and I don't use it, nor I plan to use it
- The Ai model is taking 9 GB of wasted space from my iPhone
- Ai features like “Writing tools” have become available, but i don’t really want them

I would be really thankful if someone could assist with this issue!

 

[HouseLannister]

Sorry, no. No part of iOS is removable. It fools you into thinking you can delete the pre-installed apps, but you are just deleting the icons that link to the app. The OS is always a whole package, Apple Intelligence included.

If it's any consolation, Apple Intelligence (with the Siri AI beta) is 22.36GB on my 17PM.

 

[Kaiserschmarrn]

Right now after you opt-in there's no way to opt-out, I would guess that in one of the next versions when they don't use the opt-in anymore the toggle will reappear like in iOS 26.

Sorry, no. No part of iOS is removable. It fools you into thinking you can delete the pre-installed apps, but you are just deleting the icons that link to the app. The OS is always a whole package, Apple Intelligence included.

If it's any consolation, Apple Intelligence (with the Siri AI beta) is 22.36GB on my 17PM.

I mean in iOS 26 the Apple Intelligence model was actually removable with all the data removed.

 

[Svetlin]

Sorry, no. No part of iOS is removable. It fools you into thinking you can delete the pre-installed apps, but you are just deleting the icons that link to the app. The OS is always a whole package, Apple Intelligence included.

If it's any consolation, Apple Intelligence (with the Siri AI beta) is 22.36GB on my 17PM.

Hey, thank you for the clarification!

On iOS 18 and iOS 26 disabling Apple Intelligence actually removed the model from the phone. I am sure of that because i saw it take up 9 GB from my memory, which were free pre-update.

I just hope that there is a method to remove the Ai model, because it’s useless to me and i would prefer to have 9GB for photos, instead

 

[adrianlondon]

Is there a way to delete the Apple intelligence model from my device?

So far, it seems that iOS and MacOS 27 don't allow Apple I to be turned off.

 

[Brettka7]

This affected my iPad Air M1 badly. I turned the setting on for my iPhone and it’s trying to shove intelligence into my 64GB iPad as well. It’s not happening. There literally isn’t room lol.

Last year, I was able to clear Intelligence out by downloading all my Apple Music to my iPad (forcing intelligence out) and then removing that downloaded music to free the space back up. I might try that again this week unless someone beats me to it.