RemoveMacAI
Ranked 10 of 10 Mac utilities by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reclaims disk space from Apple Intelligence
“an unofficial (and reversible) tool which can help you reclaim this space”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous” Easy one-line install from GitHub
“curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI/main/install.sh”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back” Saves installing a separate debloater
“Mac is turning into Windows where every post install needs a debloater!”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: RemoveMacAI 1.0, a Mac app to turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27” “I'd need to promptly install a debloater”
Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “New iMac with M6”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
System data grew to 74 GB
“I am concerned about this issue where after doing it, the system data exploded to 74 GB”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous”
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| Claude usage menu bar app | 15 | 3 | 83% | 4 | — | Approved |
| noTunes by tombonez | 15 | 1 | 94% | 2 | — | — |
| PanicLock | 12 | 4 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Itsyhome | 12 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| RemoveMacAIThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'd need to promptly install a debloater”
“Mac is turning into Windows where every post install needs a debloater!”
“I am concerned about this issue where after doing it, the system data exploded to 74 GB”
“an unofficial (and reversible) tool which can help you reclaim this space”
“curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI/main/install.sh”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.