How to Disable Siri on a Mac (Stop It from Listening)

How to Disable Siri on a Mac

by Heinz Tschabitscher | Aug 13, 2026 | Mac Tips and Resources

Want Siri to respond on your iPhone alone, think it slows down your Mac or feel queasy about your computer listening to you either way? Find out here how to disable Ask Siri on a Mac ⤓, how to turn off Siri suggestions, and how to stop it from collecting application data.

How to Disable Siri on a Mac (and Stop It from Listening)

Time needed: 3 minutes

To turn off Siri (for spoken and written commands) on a Mac:

  1. Open System Settings (or System Preferences) on the Mac.

    Here’s how: You can select System Settings from the Apple menu, for instance, to open Mac System Settings.

  2. Open the Apple Intelligence & Siri category.

    macOS Sonoma and Ventura: Select Siri & Spotlight.
    macOS Monterey and earlier: Go to the Siri category.

  3. Turn off Siri under Siri Requests.

    macOS Sonoma and Ventura: Turn off Ask Siri.
    macOS Monterey and before: The setting is Enable Ask Siri instead.
    Their word: Apple include information on disabling Siri in the Mac User Guide.
    Turning off Siri on a Mac

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Enable Siri again on a Mac

To turn Siri back on to control your Mac:

  1. Go to the Siri settings in System Settings (see above).
  2. Turn on Siri, Ask Siri (or Enable Ask Siri).
  3. Click Enable for Do you want to enable Ask Siri?.

How to Turn Off (Disable) Siri on a Mac: FAQ

Will disabling Siri on a Mac also disable it for other devices?

No.

You can enable or disable Siri on all your devices separately.

Can I remove Siri from the menu bar?

Yes.

macOS Ventura and Later

To remove the Siri icon from the macOS menu bar and still have Siri enabled:

  1. Open System Settings.
  2. Go to the Control Center category.
  3. Select Don’t Show in Menu Bar for Siri (under Menu Bar Only).
    Hide Siri from the macOS menu bar

macOS Monterey

  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Go to the Dock & Menu Bar category.
  3. Select Siri.
  4. Turn off Show in Menu Bar.

Will disabling “Ask Siri” also disable Siri suggestions in applications and apps?

No.

You can turn on Siri suggestions separately for each application.

To disable Siri for any app:

  1. Go to Siri settings in System Preferences (see above).
  2. Click Siri Suggestions & Privacy….
  3. Select the app on the left.
  4. Disable Show Siri Suggestions in App to disable Siri suggestions
  5. Turn off Learn from this App to prevent Siri from collecting usage data from the application.
    Disable Siri suggestions and data collecting for a Mac App

(Tested with macOS Tahoe 26, Sequoia 15, Sonoma 14, Ventura 13 and Monterey 12; first published November 2022, last updated August 2026)

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