Apple Intelligence Now Requires at Least 7 GB of Storage on Each Device

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If you’ve been using Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you’ll have to free up a little more space to take advantage of Apple’s artificial intelligence features. At launch, Apple Intelligence’s minimum system requirements included 4GB of storage space, buta recent update has increased that significantly, as noted by 9to5Mac . At the time of writing, each device using Apple Intelligence requires a minimum of 7 GB of free space.

Why Apple Intelligence Needs Storage Space

Because most Apple Intelligence processing occurs on the device, the data must be stored on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The storage space requirement for Apple Intelligence will continue to grow as Apple adds new features to its AI portfolio. Starting with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2, this is the complete list of Apple Intelligence features:

  • Genmoji

  • Playground image

  • Image Wand in the Apple Pencil Tool Palette

  • Writing Tools

  • Cleaning in photos

  • Create a Memories Movie in Photos

  • Natural language search in photos

  • Notification Summary

  • Reduce attention to distractions

  • Intelligent breakthrough and focus noise suppression

  • Priority messages in Mail

  • Smart reply in mail and messages

  • Summaries in mail and messages

  • Siri improvements including product information, Siri text entry, and more.

  • ChatGPT integration with Siri and writing tools

Minimum storage requirements have increased thanks to additional artificial intelligence features that were launched in iOS 18.2 . You can expect it to grow further in the future if and when Apple Intelligence gains more features.

How to Check How Much Space Apple Intelligence Takes on Your iPhone, iPad, Mac

You can easily find out how much space Apple Intelligence is taking up on your devices. On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > iPhone/iPad Storage > iOS/iPadOS . On your Mac, you can visit System Settings > General > Storage > macOS . On my Mac, Apple Intelligence took up about 3.1 GB just a few weeks ago, but today that number has grown to 5.5 GB.

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Can I delete Apple Intelligence data from my device?

There is no easy way to delete Apple Intelligence data from your device. It seems to take up a lot of space even if you disable it or if it is not available in your iPhone’s language. That being said, some Reddit users have reportedly discovered a hack that deletes Apple Intelligence storage data from their devices. For this to work, you will need to first disable Apple Intelligence on your device . On an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri and turn off Apple Intelligence . After that, if your Apple device runs out of free space, it will automatically offload Apple Intelligence data and free up precious space.

I wish there was a way to manually delete Apple Intelligence data or specific components of it that I don’t use. For example, if I turn off notification summary or recording tools , Apple should allow me to delete the storage associated with those features. Currently, the way to free up memory is a bit extreme, as it requires you to stop using AI features altogether.

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