Its getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop as soon as I started this article in Google Docs, I was immediately offered some AI assistance to write it (which I didnt take). And with the rollout of Apple Intelligence, that now applies to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, too.But if you arent seeing much value in the Apple Intelligence features that have launched so far, youre not alone: around three-quarters of iPhone owners cant see what all the fuss is about, according to a recent survey. Its also worth bearing in mind that these AI add-ons take up 7GB of local storage (and counting) on every device you want to use them on.The good news is that Apple Intelligence is both opt-in and reasonably easy to disable, which isnt something every company does with their AI tools (looking at you, Google and Microsoft). So if you find features like Writing Tools and mangled notification summaries superfluous to your needs, you can turn them off.Assuming youve already turned it on, heres how to turn off specific features of Apple Intelligence. And if you really dont like it, heres how to turn it off completely.(The steps listed below were tested on an iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.2. Youll find similar options available on iPadOS and macOS.)Turn off individual Apple Intelligence featuresYou can turn off summaries for individual apps or disable them entirely. Screenshot: AppleWriting Tools and Image Creation can be managed via Screen Time. Screenshot: AppleMost, but not quite all, Apple Intelligence features can be disabled individually.Open up Settings on your iPhone, and youll find a menu dedicated to Apple Intelligence & Siri. After that, it depends on what you want to disable.ChatGPTTap ChatGPT Extension to enable or disable the extra AI smarts that ChatGPT can add to Siri when youre asking for responses.NotificationsThe AI notification summaries that have recently gotten Apple into trouble can be switched off individually, too. From iOS Settings, choose Notifications > Summarize Notifications to turn the feature off. You can also enable it for certain apps but not others from the same screen.Writing Tools / Image CreationYou can turn Writing Tools and Image Creation off, but you have to go through Screen Time in Settings:Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.Enable Content & Privacy Restrictions.Tap Intelligence & Siri.Tap Image Creation or Writing Tools, then Dont Allow.Its a bit of a clumsy fix this is really more for preventing kids from cheating on their homework but it works. You wont get pop-up options to rewrite text, and you wont be able to create new Genmoji. Open the Image Playground app on iOS, and the option to create new pictures will be blocked (though you can access previous ones youve saved).Message prioritizationAI-powered message prioritization in Apple Mail is another feature you can disable on its own or, more precisely, hide from view.Inside your Mail apps Inbox, tap the three dots at the top right.Switch to List View and disable Show Priority.Your inbox will be back the way it was before Apple Intelligence arrived.That doesnt leave much in terms of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 that you cant specifically disable. Theres the Clean Up tool in Photos and the Intelligent Breakthrough feature in Focus, but you can easily ignore these options if you dont need them.Turn off Apple Intelligence completely on your iPhoneApple Intelligence can be enabled or disabled in full. Screenshot: AppleDisabling Apple Intelligence wont remove the AI models from your phone. Screenshot: AppleIf you really dont want anything to do with Apple Intelligence, and youve already enabled it, you can turn it off completely.Open up Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri.Look for the Apple Intelligence toggle switch at the top to fully enable or fully disable all of the Apple Intelligence features currently available on your iPhone.The first time you turned this toggle switch on assuming you did iOS downloaded the necessary AI models for local processing to your phone. These models, which take up 7GB or so of room, then subsequently stay on your iPhone in the future, regardless of whether you have Apple Intelligence enabled.If you want to disable Apple Intelligence and free up the space used by the local iOS models, you need to reset your iPhone and start again from scratch without enabling Apple Intelligence during setup. You can do this from Settings by choosing General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings, Since this will, of course, wipe everything on your phone, ensure all your important data is safely backed up.For now at least, youve got plenty of control when it comes to the Apple Intelligence features that are active. We know, though, that there are plenty more AI upgrades on the way, so well have to wait and see whether Apple Intelligence remains an optional extra for the iPhone.