How to turn off Apple Pages automatically suggesting file names

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How to turn off Apple Pages automatically suggesting file names

Apple Pages in Mac OS27 is automatically suggesting file names for documents (presumably using "AI"). Is there a way to turn this off? Siri is already off and all of the other "AI" junk I could find is off.

Writing in a word processor that is being read or crawled (or whatever you want to call it) by "AI" is like having someone read over your shoulder when you write. It's very distracting and off-putting. Wish they'd just stop with the slop...

Posted on Sep 23, 2026 7:12 AM

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GrislyAccord Author

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Sep 23, 2026 2:10 PM in response to John Galt

Except that ISN'T actually a solution, because it doesn't work... I've followed the suggested guide to turn off AI, and Siri isn't even ON on my machine and it STILL suggests names for my Pages files.

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Oct 20, 2026 8:17 AM in response to Steve Mills

Steve Mills wrote:

Apple, you’re probably not listening, but in case someone is, people hate this kind of “feature”. Bring the same pref to iOS ASAP.

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

Product Feedback - Apple

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John Galt

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Sep 23, 2026 1:58 PM in response to GrislyAccord

Similar question with solution: Prevent Pages from automatically renaming files

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VikingOSX

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Sep 23, 2026 2:13 PM in response to GrislyAccord

And what I found in my referenced post is that even though AI and Siri are off, one can click on the title bar and the drop down panel still suggests alternative filename choices. Keyword suggests as they are not automatically chosen since one can ignore them.

In my opinion, Pages shouldn't be offering either of automatic or manual alternative selected file names from the title bar. That is taking things too far…

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GrislyAccord Author

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Sep 23, 2026 3:26 PM in response to VikingOSX

@VikingOSX Siri and AI are both off but it’s not just suggesting names when I click the dropdown menu, it’s literally renaming my document as I type. It goes from “Untitled” then to one generated name to another as my document grows and the narrative becomes more elaborate. Like I said, it’s very distracting. Luckily I never uninstalled the previous version of Pages, so I’ve decided to just go back to it until this is all sorted out.

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Peggy

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Sep 23, 2026 3:53 PM in response to GrislyAccord

I just had this happen with a TextEdit file today. I did turn of Siri yesterday, so that wasn't a solution. Since it wasn't a solution, I will be turning Siri back on.

I haven't had it happen in Pages yet, but I haven't created & saved any new Pages documents since upgrading to Golden Gate. In my case, it is clearly a macOS 27/Golden Gate issue.

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Oct 21, 2026 7:00 AM in response to Steve Mills

Steve Mills wrote:

Yes, I know. But sometimes Apple people do read forums, at least the Dev forums for sure.

The only Apple employees regularly reading here are the Hosts. All they have time for is making sure we all obey the rules. Occasionally, if there is a person or team who's trying to find examples of a problem they're working on, they will look for them here. In that case, they sometimes even reach out to the users. But in this case, that's unlikely. If you want your thoughts to get seen and documented, use the feeback link.

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Oct 19, 2026 4:45 PM in response to GrislyAccord

Finder prefs, General, Suggest file names, turn that thing off.

Apple, you’re probably not listening, but in case someone is, people hate this kind of “feature”. Bring the same pref to iOS ASAP.

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Oct 20, 2026 3:47 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Yes, I know. But sometimes Apple people do read forums, at least the Dev forums for sure.

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