how do I get siri to forget or change a relationship?

Siri is great -- but I think I found a flaw. She accidently linked someone as my sister. When I asked her to remove the relationshipo, she comes back with "I am not allowed to change relationships." How do I do so? Is there a way to reset Siri and start all over?

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 12:28 PM

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Posted on Oct 29, 2011 7:19 AM

I was having this problem too and found the solution!!

Siri knows who you are by Settings->General->Siri->'My Info.' 'My Info' should be your own contact information from in your Contacts.

At first I thought 'Related People' entires were for you to note who that person was to you. Ex: John Doe is my spouse. However, it is really for people related to that person. Therefore, in order to have Siri forget a relationship to YOU, you need to delete that person from 'Related People' under your OWN contact information. You can also add 'Related People' in to have Siri know them going forward.

I hope this helps!!! 😁

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Oct 29, 2011 7:19 AM in response to JonGann

I was having this problem too and found the solution!!

Siri knows who you are by Settings->General->Siri->'My Info.' 'My Info' should be your own contact information from in your Contacts.

At first I thought 'Related People' entires were for you to note who that person was to you. Ex: John Doe is my spouse. However, it is really for people related to that person. Therefore, in order to have Siri forget a relationship to YOU, you need to delete that person from 'Related People' under your OWN contact information. You can also add 'Related People' in to have Siri know them going forward.

I hope this helps!!! 😁

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Oct 15, 2011 2:28 AM in response to xiao66Jing'an

I have a simular issue added the word wife after my wifes name Tina "Tina Wife" in her contact when i aked siri to call my wife it asked me if Tina wife was my spouce I said yes that worked..but then edited the contact back to just "Tina" didnt know about being able to set option for spouce untill reading this set here as spouce now siri asks me when I say call my wife "which wife Tina Wife or Tina" is there any way to remove the link to "Tina Wife"

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R.

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Jan 23, 2012 5:45 PM in response to JonGann

It's very easy, in your contacts find yourself, I might be under your name, once in click "edit" if you scroll down you will see all your relationships, just delete the one you don't want, Siri cannot do it you must be the one who changes any information. Deleting the contact that was "mistakenly changed" will not do anything. Good luck!

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