How to delete Image playground from my iMac M3 and MacBook Air M1?

lobsterghost1 wrote:

It's honesty sad that some lose their inner kid. I'm glad I still have mine and you and Lawrence surely do as well! If only people who seem to have an issue with the look of the Image Playground icon knew they are actually being "childish?" I guess not everyone has a sense of humor?

I figure if I'm old enough to have bought a house, a car, a sofa, and some major appliances, I'm an adult. I don't need to prove anything else by getting too serious.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Lawrence Finch wrote:

SlightlyLit wrote:

The icon is the only reason I don't want it on my machine. I'm an adult.

And, of course, it is illegal for adults to have fun. I get it.

Or be silly or frivolous. Guess I shouldn't mention the large, bright yellow stuffed octopus on the back of my sofa. It's there for no reason other than I like it.

It's honesty sad that some lose their inner kid. I'm glad I still have mine and you and Lawrence surely do as well! If only people who seem to have an issue with the look of the Image Playground icon knew they are actually being "childish?" I guess not everyone has a sense of humor?

Lawrence Finch wrote:

SlightlyLit wrote:

The icon is the only reason I don't want it on my machine. I'm an adult.

And, of course, it is illegal for adults to have fun. I get it.

Or be silly or frivolous. Guess I shouldn't mention the large, bright yellow stuffed octopus on the back of my sofa. It's there for no reason other than I like it.

SlightlyLit wrote:

The icon is the only reason I don't want it on my machine. I'm an adult.

And, of course, it is illegal for adults to have fun. I get it.

SlightlyLit wrote:

The icon is the only reason I don't want it on my machine. I'm an adult.

I'm not sure what being an adult has to do with not liking an icon. "Adults" is a very large demographic with varied tastes and preferences.

Put it in a folder where you don't have to look at it.

The icon is the only reason I don't want it on my machine. I'm an adult.

its because it runs as a system app file you cant delete those unless you disable SIP in recovery mode. they really need to fix that in the store. i recommend just hiding it unless you know what your doing.

sudo chflags hidden "/System/Applications/Image Playground.app"

do that in terminal and it should hide it. if not then, nothing else you can do really.

I can tell you why theres a calc app on mac not everyone gets a phone b4 they get a mac in year 7 i got a mac for school but not a phone i only got a phone later done the line so just incase if its the only device someone has that is school or work provided they have an app to calculate math.

Image Playground:

Enabled Apple Intelligence

Set SIRI to correct language

But Image Playground is still grayed after Restart.

I disabled Apple Intelligence & SIRI (Handicapped, doesn't work)

There are over 1,000 features and apps built in to Mac OS, and Image Playground is just one of them. You cannot delete ANY of them.

obimk1 wrote:

Image Playground didn't co me with Mac OS

I don't want Apple Intelligence

Image Playground installed by Apple in May 2025

I don't want a not working program like Image Playground.

Perhaps in the US Apple can get away with this, but AFAIK this is illegal EU.

It is NOT illegal in the EU. And next year something else new may be added to MacOS. We've told you that if you don't like it, you are welcome to buy something else. No one on this user to user only forum, cares what you think or do.

obimk1 wrote:

Perhaps in the US Apple can get away with this, but AFAIK this is illegal EU.

Well, you have your work cut out for you. You already have the answers to your questions and a feedback link that can be used to let Apple know how you feel. What you do with that information is up to you.

Image Playground didn't co me with Mac OS

I don't want Apple Intelligence

Image Playground installed by Apple in May 2025

I don't want a not working program like Image Playground.

Perhaps in the US Apple can get away with this, but AFAIK this is illegal EU.

obimk1 wrote:

I can't delete Image Playground.

Correct. You also cannot delete the Chess app, News, Stocks, Emojis, etc.

Siri language is not the same as system language

You can certainly use a different language if you wish. That is your choice.

Because of my disability I can't use Siri.

Ok. Apple has a wide range of Accessibility options that hopefully you can take advantage of. Far more than what you would find on any other platform.

Apple this is getting pathetic, please fix this.

It is working exactly as designed. Not sure what you are referring to that needs fixed.

And I hate the lack of control on my own computer, somebody had to say this.

You own the computer, not the software. That is given to you for free and you are a licensed user. You can send feedback to Apple for anything you wish. Product Feedback - Apple

obimk1 wrote:

I can't delete Image Playground.

On 25 05-2025 auto-magical installed by Apple.

Siri language is not the same as system language

Because of my disability I can't use Siri.

Apple this is getting pathetic, please fix this.

And I hate the lack of control on my own computer, somebody had to say this.

That's right. On a Mac, Image Playground is an integral part of MacOS and it can't be removed. You may own your computer, but Apple owns MacOS. There are loads of things built into the OS you can't remove. If you don't want to use Image Playground, don't use it, like you likely don't use every single thing built into your Mac as it is.

Is your Siri language different from your system language because of Apple Intelligence?

Ultimately however, you aren't speaking with Apple here. This is a user to user only forum and no one from Apple will see or read your comments.

If you want to complain to Apple, you can use this link --> Product Feedback - Apple