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

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.

try this, I think it worked for me (if you

mean the rewriting function) was also driving me crazy.

settings

screen time

content & privacy restrictions

intelligence & siri

turn off writing tools

Neither of the "solutions" posted here actually turn it off ("Show inline predictive text" or "Show Siri suggestions in application"). It does not appear there's any way to disable it without turning off Apple Intelligence altogether (and I'm not even sure _that_ works).

These "suggestions" are awful. They're bland, are rarely the "answer" I'd give and _never_ the way I'd give it-- and have that irritating "shimmer effect" just to emphasize their awfulness.

Honestly, none of this AI stuff (Apple or otherwise) seems to work anywhere near as well as it's proponents claim, and I'm not seeing much downside for just turning it all off with the master switch at this point.

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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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.

This worked for me.

Keyboard > (Under Text Input section) Input Sources > Edit > Select "All Input Sources" > Disable "Show Suggested Replies"

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

I disabled AI. That seems to be the only option. AI has its place but I do not need it to respond to texts. AI just makes people dumber.

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".

Another vote for (I know this is a dupe but note the path):

(System Preferences/Keyboard/Input Sources)

"Edit"

I didn't even know that he had used my phone and purchased all of these different things on my phone I just realized it today when I saw on my Apple thing and I was like OK I don't see my credits so he I saw that he purchased a lot of items too too cell phones like a MacBook and some other things and I need to report all of that stolen

shaylam40 wrote:

I didn't even know that he had used my phone and purchased all of these different things on my phone I just realized it today when I saw on my Apple thing and I was like OK I don't see my credits so he I saw that he purchased a lot of items too too cell phones like a MacBook and some other things and I need to report all of that stolen

What does this have to do with the original post?

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.

And where do you completely disable AI on iOS 18.1.3? See no reference to it. Google says "Then go to Apple Intelligence and Siri and you can toggle off Apple Intelligence. Simple. Problem is here is no such place, only "Siri" with no reference to AI.

My goal is to disable auto completion or auto reply to texts. It's making up stuff and sending that I did not intend.