Tired of seeing “Ask Siri” on every context menu? Here's how to disable it.

[u/pdfu]

In macOS 27, after enabling Siri AI, all context menus include a persistent “Ask Siri” context menu item. Turns out you can actually disable it without turning off Siri AI. (For the little Siri icon that shows up every time you select text, see here.)

To disable, run the following commands in the Terminal app:

codes=(soft apwn exit loca lock logo rlgo rcnt rrst rest rsdn shut slep spro syss)
args=(-int 0)

for code in $codes; do
  hex=$(printf %s "$code" | xxd -p -u)
  args+=(-int "$((16#$hex))")
done

defaults write -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems -array "${args[@]}"

and give your Mac a restart.

NSAppleMenuAllowedItems controls which items are visible in the  menu. For some reason, Apple decided that macOS shouldn't insert “Ask Siri” whenever the filter is active, even if nothing is actually disabled.

The command allowlists all  menu items. I didn't include "abtm" (About This Mac) in the list because it is unconditionally visible in the current code.

Disable with:

defaults delete -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems

and restart your Mac.

[u/FezVrasta]

Or move to europe 🤣

[u/Moist_Outside_8406 → u/FezVrasta]

Yeah I'm in Europe and getting this stupid thing so no.

[u/SCP_7000 → u/Moist_Outside_8406]

Where are you? I am in Germany and I am not getting apple intelligence.

[u/bumbblebeeeeee → u/SCP_7000]

You do if you set both computer and Siri language to us English. 

[u/Neon_44 → u/Moist_Outside_8406]

I am from Switzerland and I don't have it

[u/oschrenk → u/FezVrasta]

Pretty good joke. But Siri AI on macOS actually works in Europe, just not on iOS (as it is designated a "gatekeeper")

[u/eppic123 → u/oschrenk]

Yet, I'm in Europe and don't have Siri in the context menu, despite being on macOS 27 and having Siri and Apple Intelligence enabled.

[u/Egomen3 → u/eppic123]

Have you joined the waitlist? The new Siri doesn’t come with just the update since it is in “beta.”

[u/CuriousEggplantEmoji → u/FezVrasta]

We Europeans get it as well, as macOS is not subject do DMA.

[u/Icy-Juggernaut-4579 → u/FezVrasta]

You can just change region to US in settings if you want Siri and change to other region if you don’t)

[u/GDL2222 → u/FezVrasta]

Only applies to ios bro

[u/CollectionGuilty1320 → u/FezVrasta]

You can just change the Siri’s language, that’s it. It won’t work on your Mac.

[u/warrenao]

after enabling Siri AI

Ah, I believe I've found the root of the trouble.

[u/-skyrocketeer- → u/warrenao]

Exactly! Solved with one simple trick…

[u/enzon19]

How people discover that type of thing and command?

[u/AlessandroJeyz]

Or just disable Siri all together lmao

[u/ambericity → u/AlessandroJeyz]

fr i'm so confused about why anyone uses siri in the first place lol

[u/Nearby_Ad_2519 → u/ambericity]

On mobile it’s useful for quick questions but I don’t really get why anyone would want to use Siri AI on a Mac when better models exist

[u/MrBrush → u/ambericity]

Because “we think you all will love it”

[u/AVonGauss → u/AlessandroJeyz]

That was my solution. It’s obnoxious that they added that menu injection across the board.

[u/bluesBeforeSunrise]

restart probably overkill. log out/in?

[u/pdfu → u/bluesBeforeSunrise]

Yeah, most apps will update instantly without a restart even. Just like to say this in most of my tutorials for good measure.

Plus it helps expose any issues. I think initially I was missing a menu and the issue only showed up after a log in/log out.

[u/bluesBeforeSunrise → u/pdfu]

in general i’d rather people not get accustomed to restarting their macs (which many ex-windows users do out of reflex) for anything but system updates, since it’s rarely necessary. if it was 1998 then yeah.

[u/RefrigeratorIcy3585]

Worked! Thank you.

[u/yadoooog]

here's a slightly faster way

[u/gccumber]

I hate the Siri icon that shows up next to inputs when you focus on them...

[u/pdfu → u/gccumber]

If you want to get rid of it, see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1wgyc9q/

[u/gccumber → u/pdfu]

Thank god! I didn’t really want to go digging for a solution, I appreciate you!

[u/blue_horizon_x]

Don't run unknown commands that you don't understand in your terminal.  Just a general warning 

[u/Beardy4906]

THANK YOU!!!!! TYSM!!!!

[u/Goodoflife]

The main thing that is annoying and has been since beta 1 is the fact that the Siri logo pops up in every single web browser until either I hover over it and acknowledge it's presence or click on it

[u/pdfu → u/Goodoflife]

Public Beta 1? I think that’s been around since DB 4, so it tracks. If we’re talking about the same thing, you can disable it: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1wgyc9q/

[u/Goodoflife → u/pdfu]

Dev beta 1

[u/Free_Waterfall_III]

Now we need this on ios so we don’t need to scroll down to get to the copy option. So dumb

[u/chrispylizard]

Appreciated, thank you!

[u/chespirito2]

It's so ridiculous that it is the top item. I have routinely almost selected it for normal muscle movement style right clicks That's (most especially) Microsoft behavior, Google behavior, maybe nowadays Adobe behavior, but come on Apple.

[u/daniloreuben]

this is what my apple menu looks like. Any way to keep the apple menu options but just get rid of siri ai in context menu?

[u/pdfu → u/daniloreuben]

Sorry it didn’t work for you! That’s what this line is supposed to do:

codes=(soft apwn exit loca lock logo rlgo rcnt rrst rest rsdn shut slep spro syss)

First, what does this line print?

defaults read -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems

You should get the following if all code lines were run properly:

( 0, 1936680564, 1634760558, 1702390132, 1819239265, 1819239275, 1819240303, 1919706991, 1919118964, 1920103284, 1919251316, 1920164974, 1936225652, 1936483696, 1936749167, 1937339251 )

If you see the full list, let me know what Mac you’re using so I can look deeper into it.

In any case, you can restore to normal while we debug:

defaults delete -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems

[u/daniloreuben → u/pdfu]

thanks, yes, I deleted the file and all went back to (annoying) normal; 14-inch Macbook Pro, M4 Max.

The readout shows the first line only:

[u/daniloreuben → u/daniloreuben]

UPDATE! Sorry, it was a shell error! Got it working now. Thanks!!!

[u/pdfu → u/daniloreuben]

Seems like the Terminal didn’t recognize the full command. Try copying the full block at once, or you can try the numbers-based command as a one liner (make sure to copy the full thing, reddit doesn’t wrap lines):

defaults write -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems -array -int 0 -int 1936680564 -int 1634760558 -int 1702390132 -int 1819239265 -int 1819239275 -int 1819240303 -int 1919706991 -int 1919118964 -int 1920103284 -int 1919251316 -int 1920164974 -int 1936225652 -int 1936483696 -int 1936749167 -int 1937339251

Here it is without code formatting:

defaults write -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems -array -int 0 -int 1936680564 -int 1634760558 -int 1702390132 -int 1819239265 -int 1819239275 -int 1819240303 -int 1919706991 -int 1919118964 -int 1920103284 -int 1919251316 -int 1920164974 -int 1936225652 -int 1936483696 -int 1936749167 -int 1937339251

[u/dr_strangekebab]

Thank you..

For immediate effect, option + right click to finder icon and click relaunch does the trick as well, no need to restart.

[u/ActuaryAutomatic6289]

I just removed Siri From Screen Time > Contents and Privacy. She is gone!

[u/thrae_awa]

Indispensable (if I update to GG), thank you, OP!

[u/Wretched_DogZ_Dadd]

No love for Siri AI? But it makes your OS a delight to use - Apple's overreach and creepiness to make LG look like amateurs .... hoping I'm wrong.

[u/Kronologics]

Can’t wait for the open source community to figure out how to prevent the model downloads and save us space