How do you turn off "smart replies" for macOS/iOS Messages?

lupus_custos wrote:

Try this. Under "Apple Intelligence"

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fc4d1f4d-0d4c-4e17-b002-de00d30cad5d

This doesn't work, there is no No. 1 any more that you're indicating in your screen shot. This is not a thing in Sequoia. The only way I find to disable the infernal suggesting in messages is to turn off Apple Intelligence completely. It is SO annoying because I can't even use the simple function of hitting the RETURN key to send a message on my Mac without first clicking into the message field to dismiss the dumass auto text it wants me to choose. BAD BAD design, completely unacceptable for Apple to do this.

Unaha-Closp wrote:

Where is the setting to disable the AI "smart replies" in Messages?

It's awful and is driving me bonkers.

I don't see such a setting. You can let Apple know what you'd like to see in future iterations here:

Product Feedback - Apple

This worked for me.

Keyboard > (Under Text Input section) Input Sources > Edit > Select "All Input Sources" > Disable "Show Suggested Replies"

heckienawj0e wrote:

This worked for me.

Keyboard > (Under Text Input section) Input Sources > Edit > Select "All Input Sources" > Disable "Show Suggested Replies"

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f6a28936-f4ab-4b8f-a476-4816113e7e6d

So this does work for me in Sequoia. Thanks

I disabled AI. That seems to be the only option. AI has its place but I do not need it to respond to texts. AI just makes people dumber.

For Apple OS 15.4.1 (Sequoia), I found the following worked to turn off suggested replies in iMessages and other programs:

System Settings > Keyboard > Edit... [to the right of Input Sources] > Turn "off" both "Show inline predictive text" and "Show suggested replies".

Another vote for (I know this is a dupe but note the path):

(System Preferences/Keyboard/Input Sources)

"Edit"

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Wow. That's a really big brain.

However, your instructions to deselect "show siri suggestions in the application" change nothing about the original complaint. Please I request you test your instructions before spending others' time switching things that we have no idea what they do but they didn't do the thing we asked for help doing.

And where do you completely disable AI on iOS 18.1.3? See no reference to it. Google says "Then go to Apple Intelligence and Siri and you can toggle off Apple Intelligence. Simple. Problem is here is no such place, only "Siri" with no reference to AI.

My goal is to disable auto completion or auto reply to texts. It's making up stuff and sending that I did not intend.

dlmsantiago wrote:

Apple - please offer customization settings for this tool.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Apple Intelligence is constantly evolviing so now is a great time to give Apple feedback.

I did the same thing: turn off Apple Intelligence. It's not too smart.

The screen that lupus_custos shows under Apple Intelligence in Settings does not appear on my MacBook Pro. I am using Sequoia 15.3.2. Is that a settings screen on iPhone? You have to state that. Instructions must be step-by-step from beginning to end with no ambiguity.

Apple designer/PM/BA/Whatever you call yourself, the text on the No.1 button (left of the "Siri Responses..." button) is just plain wrong. Clearly this label is intended for the button with the same text inside the popup window, to the left of the "Done" button. Please fix it.

DreamXWay wrote:

Apple designer/PM/BA/Whatever you call yourself, the text on the No.1 button (left of the "Siri Responses..." button) is just plain wrong. Clearly this label is intended for the button with the same text inside the popup window, to the left of the "Done" button. Please fix it.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. No one participating here can "fix it."

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Doesn't Apple realize how insulting this is? When I'm talking with someone, I want to talk to them, not some sort of Turing Test bot. Imagine a text conversation where both sides are mindlessly firing off "Apple Intelligence" replies to each other. Even if the message is generally what I would say, the wording is unlikely exactly what I would say, and words matter.

There's no real "intelligence" in this AI. It's just mindlessly pattern-matching.