How To Turn Off Siri On An IPhone, IPad, Mac, Or Apple Watch
How To Turn Off Siri On An IPhone Or IPad
If you are not making use of Siri on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or on your Apple Watch, why not turn it off? There’s a quick and easy way to do just that. While Siri is a great virtual assistant and can find and retrieve many types of information, it is not fit for everyone.
If you want to stop Siri from working altogether, here is how you can do that:
- Open the Settings application on your device.
- Scroll down and tap Siri & Search.
- Turn the toggle for Press Side button for Siri off. If you have an iPhone with a Home button, this would be called Press Home for Siri instead.
- Next, also disable Listen for "Hey Siri".
- You will see a prompt come up on your screen. Tap the Turn Off Siri option in that prompt and Siri would be entirely disabled.
- Also disable Allow Siri When Locked if you want that also.
You’ll now no longer be able to trigger Apple’s virtual assistant on your iOS device.
How To Turn Off Siri On A Mac
Siri is much less useful on a Mac device because you have a full keyboard and mouse to control it with. it is best to disable functions that you do not use on your machine, and you can both disable Siri and erase your Siri recordings from Apple servers on your Mac.
1. Disable Siri On A Mac
Like iOS phones, you would need to open the settings application on your Mac to turn off Siri:
- Click on the Apple logo that is at the top-left corner and choose System Preferences.
- Select Siri on the screen that comes up.
- You should see a check box with the label "Ask Siri". Uncheck this box and Siri would be disabled on your Mac.
2. Remove Your Voice Data From Apple Servers
Now that Siri is turned off on your Mac, you will want to remove your Siri voice recordings from Apple servers.
If you use a Mac that runs on a macOS Catalina 10.15.1 or recent, you can head into System Preferences > Siri and click Delete Siri & Dictation History to remove your recordings.
If you are running an older version of macOS, follow the steps below to disable Dictation and get rid of your Siri history from the Apple servers:
- Click the Keyboard on the System Preferences panel.
- Select the last tab that says Dictation.
- Choose Off for the Dictation option, which would disable the feature on your Mac
How To Turn Off Siri On An Apple Watch
You can disable Siri on your Apple Watch using the Watch application on your iPhone or the Watch on its own.
On the Apple Watch, get into Settings > Siri, turn off Listen for “Hey Siri”, Raise to Speak, Press Digital Crown, and tap Turn Off Siri in the prompt.
To do this from your iOS device, open up the Watch application, go to Settings > Siri, and turn off the Listen for “Hey Siri”, Press Digital Crown, Raise to Speak, and select Turn Off Siri in the prompt.
You can turn off Dictation on your Watch by going to Settings > General > Dictation and turning off the Dictation toggle button.
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