Comments on: Can’t Turn Off Siri in iOS or iPadOS? It’s Easier Than You Think

By: Catherine Brisson

Catherine Brisson — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:16:06 +0000

It’s impossible to go back and forth from google instructions to settings. Play the everybody I hate Siri.

By: Publius

Publius — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 03:17:27 +0000

I have an iMac and never turned Siri on when prompted but I still get Siri suggestions and other so how the hell do you remove this from the hard drive? It’s like unwanted spyware.

By: David Henderson

David Henderson — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 21:42:44 +0000

Me hate Siri also. Just after I got my iPhone 8, I jumped in and toggled about 85% of the Siri thingies off. After I read your article today, the other 15% went into the dumper.
Great article, thanx.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:13:34 +0000

I have loved many of Apple products based on quality of build and simplicity of controls. However now these same products are becoming a pain. Siri, stocks, news etc so many functions I do not want on my Os. The number of times these Apple products use forms of AI to decide for me! Arghh.

I personally know what I want to do and it is not listen to what developers think is important. Give me an option to remove these functions totally.

By: Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Jones — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:42:03 +0000

Hi Mike,

Go to Settings > Siri & Search and make sure all the toggles are off. Them if you still see a list of apps, toggle everything off in those apps as well.

Yes, it is a pain in the you know what!

By: Billz

Billz — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:07:55 +0000

Thanks, I too want her gone.

By: melisafilm

melisafilm — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:45:45 +0000

I like Siri, but she random calls unwanted people in my contact list.

I can not delete these unwanted people in my list to prevent answering them.

But Siri randomly calls them, this is disgusting. So, unfortunately, I have to disable Siri.

Your article is very useful, Thank you.

By: R. Reno

R. Reno — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:15:07 +0000

It still will come up if you hit the home key on older phones.

The final step is to tell it ONE LAST TIME “Do Not Use SIRI”.

So frustrating to simply set up a phone the way you want it.

I can’t even use my contact information in my phone when SIRI is on.

I use dictation and every time I say my name to introduce myself to a new client it automatically inserts my email because my name is also in my email address.

We spend more time turning off features than using them. Pain in the A**.

By: Elizabeth Jones

Elizabeth Jones — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:52:50 +0000

In reply to Wanda Loskot.

Hi Wanda,

You should be able to have dictation on without Siri–though it may depend on your iOS version.

this worked on iOS12 and the upcoming iOS13 (currently in beta)

Go through the steps to turn Siri off, then go to Settings > General > Keyboard and turn Enable Dictation on.

Give it a try!

Liz

By: Wanda Loskot

Wanda Loskot — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:49:33 +0000

Tried to disable siri on iPad Air 3, but got a message that it will also disable dictation, which I like and use a lot. Is this apple way to force us use siri, which also collects a lot of info, including recording without our consent? Is there a way to get rid of siri but keep dictation?

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:49:04 +0000

Very good advise turning SIRI off. 10 out of 10. **********
Thankyou.

By: olav mobile

olav mobile — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:42:33 +0000

Very useful article. I’ve also struggled with shutting down Siri, to protect my privacy

By: Chipley Ron

Chipley Ron — Thu, 16 May 2019 02:34:54 +0000

Thank you, thank you, and again thank you.

By: H Samuel Hopper

H Samuel Hopper — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:37:32 +0000

Thank you! Seriously!

By: Carly

Carly — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:35:01 +0000

I can’t get Siri back on on iPhone 6s

By: SK

SK — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:08:42 +0000

In reply to jack. Hi Jack, Sorry about the confusion. The instructions should work for both iOS 11 and iOS 12. The biggest change in iOS 12 for Siri is the addition of Siri Shortcuts--that's the first category of options you see when opening Settings > Siri & Search. Scroll further down the menu and you should see the same options under Ask Siri and Siri Suggestions for both iOS 11 and iOS 12. If you need additional guidance on how to turn Siri off, please let us know. Sam

By: jack

jack — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:27 +0000

what happened to the instructions for io12 ?

you talk abt 12 but you don’t do anything abt it.
no instructions unless io11 and io12 are the same.
last i checked they aren’t !
the instructions didn’t match what i see and saw for io12

you had io11+
where is io12 ?
even io10 ?

i don’t think any one knows anything abt any io
it seems to be trial-and-error.
re-inventing the wheel and being happy the wheel is shaped like a triangle !

polish engineering!
…..a pain in the a…..

By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:09:26 +0000

I don’t understand why you can’t just uninstall her.

By: SK

SK — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:01:41 +0000

In reply to Sardar Shahroze. Hi Sardar, Try connecting to WiFi and then following the steps outlined in the article to turn Siri off.

By: Sardar Shahroze

Sardar Shahroze — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:48:03 +0000

How to the off siri I don’t like Siri because my cell phone is speaking
Siri not available you’ are not connected to the internet
Please help me how’s off the siri