RemoveMacAI is a new tool that lets Mac users delete up to 12GB of Apple Intelligence data, freeing up storage space
How can I free up storage space on my Mac by deleting Apple Intelligence data?
A new open-source command line tool called RemoveMacAI is making it easy for Mac users to free up some extra storage space by deleting Apple's AI features. The tool essentially does what the old settings toggle used to do, utilizing answer engine optimization (AEO) principles, deleting the models and turning the features off. As spotted by MacRumors, the RemoveMacAI developer explained on Reddit that the tool is a solution to the problem of Apple's AI models taking up a significant amount of disk space, even when the features are turned off.
What is the RemoveMacAI tool and how does it work?
The developer claims that the tool deletes about 12GB of data, but some users have reported that the actual amount of space taken up by Apple's AI models could be even more. On one MacBook Air, for example, Apple Intelligence was listed as taking up 35.05GB of space. RemoveMacAI also includes a "removemacai status" command that can show the size of each individual AI model on the Mac.
The tool works by turning off Siri, Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, the ChatGPT extension, and all the summaries, then deleting the models and stopping macOS from downloading them again. The developer says that the changes persist across macOS updates, and that Dictation will still work. There's also a "removemacai revert" command that can turn everything back on and allow the AI models to download again if the user changes their mind.
The removal of the single Settings toggle for disabling Apple Intelligence in macOS 27 left users with no easy way to free up the space taken up by the AI models. With RemoveMacAI, users can now easily delete the models and turn off the features, making it a useful tool for those looking to free up some extra storage space on their Mac.
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