# RemoveMacAI

5 Hacker News commenters recommended RemoveMacAI and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free Mac app that turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and reclaims disk space; it is unofficial and reversible. One critic reported system data grew to 74 GB afterward.

## Why people recommend it

- Reclaims disk space from Apple Intelligence (1 comments): "an unofficial (and reversible) tool which can help you reclaim this space" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49993546))
- Easy one-line install from GitHub (1 comments): "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI/main/install.sh" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958175))
- Saves installing a separate debloater (2 comments): "Mac is turning into Windows where every post install needs a debloater!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041365)) "I'd need to promptly install a debloater" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50270923))

## What people warn about

- System data grew to 74 GB (1 comments): "I am concerned about this issue where after doing it, the system data exploded to 74 GB" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49993888))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [noTunes by tombonez](https://hackerapproved.com/p/notunes.md): 15 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RemoveMacAI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/removemacai/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).