How do you turn off "smart replies" for macOS/iOS Messages?

Try this. Under "Apple Intelligence"

i’ll be grateful if anybody posts here Apple rolls out the option to disable [not-so-]Smart Replies.

Neither of the "solutions" posted here actually turn it off ("Show inline predictive text" or "Show Siri suggestions in application"). It does not appear there's any way to disable it without turning off Apple Intelligence altogether (and I'm not even sure _that_ works).

These "suggestions" are awful. They're bland, are rarely the "answer" I'd give and _never_ the way I'd give it-- and have that irritating "shimmer effect" just to emphasize their awfulness.

Honestly, none of this AI stuff (Apple or otherwise) seems to work anywhere near as well as it's proponents claim, and I'm not seeing much downside for just turning it all off with the master switch at this point.

If you completely disable AI it will stop this annoyance, which I did and I'll never turn that garbage back on.

Wow. That's a really big brain.

However, your instructions to deselect "show siri suggestions in the application" change nothing about the original complaint. Please I request you test your instructions before spending others' time switching things that we have no idea what they do but they didn't do the thing we asked for help doing.

Unaha-Closp wrote:

Where is the setting to disable the AI "smart replies" in Messages?

It's awful and is driving me bonkers.

I don't see such a setting. You can let Apple know what you'd like to see in future iterations here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Disabling Show inline predictive text does not disable smart replies.

shaylam40 wrote:

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What does this have to do with the original post?

"Show inline predictive text" was already disabled, yet I'm still seeing smart replies in Messages.

That's for disabling inline predictive text, not "smart" replies.

Apple Intelligence has the potential to do many neat things - I love the idea of summarizing notes from text, suggesting changes, etc. This one thing, though - the "Smart Replies" on Messages is so aggravating that I've disabled the entire system to get rid of it. I hate this thing, so much. Apple - please offer customization settings for this tool.

Go to system settings, pull up keyboard settings (you can type "keyboard" in the search), then under "Text Input" Click "Edit" to the right of "Input Sources." The fourth option is "Show inline predictive text." Disable it.

Your solution didn't work at all.

I just hate this Apple Intelligence garbage so much.

You're right, I'm having the same problem. Sorry, I thought that would fix the issue. :( I'm also eager for an answer, it's incredibly frustrating.

Your solution does not apply to iOS 18.3.1. No such settings.