Free up Apple Intelligence space on Mac and iPhone

How can i free up space from my macbook and my iphone? i'm talking about Apple's intelligence. I don't use it or find it useful for now, but if i do i will turn it back on. For now i wish it didn't took an extra 10 GB's of free space! does anyone has a solution or has Apple spoke about it yet? thank you 😁

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 5, 2026 3:16 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2026 7:01 AM

There is no known method to remove it. It's built in to the OS and takes that part up. It is not free space. You cannot claim it as it belongs to the OS and is not user accessibly.


If storage on your Mac is so low you need a paltry 10GB, then you have other issues. There should never be that low on storage space.


Start moving content out onto an external drive to make free up storage on the Mac.


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Jan 6, 2026 7:01 AM in response to Natkiwi

There is no known method to remove it. It's built in to the OS and takes that part up. It is not free space. You cannot claim it as it belongs to the OS and is not user accessibly.


If storage on your Mac is so low you need a paltry 10GB, then you have other issues. There should never be that low on storage space.


Start moving content out onto an external drive to make free up storage on the Mac.


Free up Apple Intelligence space on Mac and iPhone

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