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

pjmetz wrote:

Where is Apple Intelligence?

Start here:

How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support

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

Go to system settings, pull up keyboard settings (you can type "keyboard" in the search), then under "Text Input" Click "Edit" to the right of "Input Sources." The fourth option is "Show inline predictive text." Disable it.

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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.

Apple Intelligence has the potential to do many neat things - I love the idea of summarizing notes from text, suggesting changes, etc. This one thing, though - the "Smart Replies" on Messages is so aggravating that I've disabled the entire system to get rid of it. I hate this thing, so much. Apple - please offer customization settings for this tool.

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

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".

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.

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

and not to mention it's all under my name all under my Apple ID and everything

i’ll be grateful if anybody posts here Apple rolls out the option to disable [not-so-]Smart Replies.

Just posted the solution

You're right, I'm having the same problem. Sorry, I thought that would fix the issue. :( I'm also eager for an answer, it's incredibly frustrating.

Try this. Under "Apple Intelligence"

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