Uninstall voices from MacOS Sequoia

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Joe Sixpack Author

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Uninstall voices from MacOS Sequoia

Is there no way to delete voices that I downloaded? Like, say, Matilda (Premium)?

I tried:

System Preferences > Accessibility > System Voice > (i) > clicking the system voice to access the voice list. Then there is no delete option, no three dots, nor does right clicking does not bring up a contextual menu.

Searching for system files (not that the Mac search actually searches the system files even when that option is turned on)

Looking for Terminal commands

Nothing. Is this some new crazy thing? Once downloaded, never to be deleted?

Posted on Jul 22, 2025 9:19 PM

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Answer 1

Owl-53

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Jul 23, 2025 1:53 AM in response to Joe Sixpack

To remove downloaded VoiceOver voices on an Apple device, navigate to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Spoken Content > Voice and select the voice you wish to delete. Then, tap Edit and Delete. You can also remove these voices by swiping left on the voice name and tapping Delete.

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Answer 2

Joe Sixpack Author

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Jul 23, 2025 10:59 AM in response to Owl-53

I either misunderstood what you wrote, or it’s wrong and you haven’t actually tried it, or you are using a different MacOS (not Sequoia), or you are using an iPhone. And, BTW, on the iPhone (iOS 18.5), the procedure is: Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices, click a voice, click the voice again, and then swipe left in the list of voices, some of which iOS prevents you from deleting.

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