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Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac

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You can turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions in Screen Time to restrict access to certain Apple Intelligence* features like Writing Tools, image creation features and intelligence extensions on supported devices.

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available in all languages or regions. ** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of macOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.

Block access to Writing Tools

  1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.

  2. Click Screen Time in the sidebar.

    Open Screen Time settings for me

  3. Click Content & Privacy, then turn on Content & Privacy restrictions.

  4. Click Intelligence & Siri, then turn Writing Tools off.

Block access to image creation features

You can restrict access to image creation features like Image Playground, Genmoji and Image Wand.

Note: Image Wand is currently available on iPhone and iPad.

  1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.

  2. Click Screen Time in the sidebar.

    Open Screen Time settings for me

  3. Click Content & Privacy, then turn on Content & Privacy restrictions.

  4. Click Intelligence & Siri, then turn Image Creation off.

Block access to Intelligence Extensions

You can restrict access to third-party AI provider extensions — like ChatGPT.

  1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.

  2. Click Screen Time in the sidebar.

    Open Screen Time settings for me

  3. Click Content & Privacy, then turn on Content & Privacy restrictions.

  4. Click Intelligence & Siri, then turn Intelligence Extensions off.

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