How to turn off Siri on iPhone, AirPods, Apple Watch and Mac

You can switch Siri off completely, or keep it and turn off just the part that bothers you — the wake phrase, the side button, suggestions or Siri reading your messages out loud. The steps below are for iOS 27; on older versions the same settings may sit under Apple Intelligence & Siri instead of Siri.

Turn off Siri completely on iPhone

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Siri.
3. Tap Turn Off Siri at the bottom, then tap Turn Off Siri again to confirm.

Siri stops responding to your voice and buttons. Other Apple Intelligence features such as Writing Tools are separate; Apple’s iPhone User Guide covers turning those off in its “Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features” section.

Stop Siri listening for “Siri” or “Hey Siri”

If you like using Siri but don’t want it listening for the wake phrase:

1. Open Settings and tap Siri.
2. Tap Requests.
3. Under “Siri” or “Hey Siri”, tap Off.

Tip: placing your iPhone face down also stops it responding to “Siri” or “Hey Siri”.

Stop the side button opening Siri

1. Open Settings and tap Siri.
2. Tap Requests.
3. Turn off Press Side Button for Siri.

Switch from Siri AI back to Siri Classic

iOS 27 introduced Siri AI (Beta), the rebuilt Siri powered by Apple Intelligence, on the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 16 models or later. It is available in English to start and not initially in the EU. If you prefer the previous Siri:

1. Open Settings and tap Siri.
2. Tap Turn Off Siri, then confirm.
3. Tap Turn On Siri, then tap Use Siri Classic.

Stop Siri reading messages on AirPods

When Announce Notifications is on and your iPhone is locked, Siri reads incoming messages and notifications through compatible AirPods and Beats headphones. To turn it off:

1. Open Settings and tap Notifications.
2. Tap Announce Notifications.
3. Turn off Announce Notifications — or leave it on and turn it off only for specific apps, such as Messages.

You’ll find the same setting under Settings, then Siri, then Announce Notifications.

Turn off Siri Suggestions

Siri Suggestions recommend apps, contacts and actions in search, notifications and when you share. To choose where they appear:

1. Open Settings and tap Siri.
2. Tap Suggestions.
3. Turn off the options you don’t want: Suggest Apps Before Searching, Allow Notifications, Show in App Library, Show When Sharing and Show Listening Suggestions.

To stop Siri learning from a particular app, go to Settings, Siri, App Access, choose the app and turn off Learn from this App.

Turn off Siri on Apple Watch

1. On your Apple Watch, open Settings and tap Siri.
2. Turn off the ways you don’t want to start Siri — listening for “Siri”, Raise to Speak and Press Digital Crown.

Turn off Siri on Mac

1. Open System Settings.
2. Click Siri (or Apple Intelligence & Siri) in the sidebar. You may need to scroll down.
3. Turn off Siri.

Choosing a different assistant?

If you’re switching Siri off in favour of another assistant, see our AI personal assistant guide, or compare phone assistants in Gemini vs ChatGPT. Setting up a speaker instead? Follow our voice assistant setup guide. On a Windows PC, we also explain how to turn off Copilot.