You can customize when Siri makes suggestions or disable the feature.
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You can turn off Siri suggestions on iPhone in the Siri & Search section of the Settings app.
When on, Siri learns your iPhone usage patterns and can make time-saving suggestions.
You can also change how Siri suggestions work with certain apps if you prefer some over others.
AI assistants like Apple’s Siri are designed to “be in the right place at the right time” – in other words, predict what you want to do and make smart suggestions to streamline your day.
In reality, that means Siri often makes suggestions in places like Search and the Lock Screen — which you likely either appreciate or find distracting.
If you’re not a fan of Siri’s suggestions, you can easily turn them off on your iPhone, or just customize which apps can take advantage of Siri suggestions.
How to turn off Siri suggestions
1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap Siri & Search.
Tap “Siri & Search.”
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3. In the Content From Apple and Suggestions From Apple sections, turn off each of the Siri suggestion options you want to disable by tapping on their toggle – the toggles will turn gray when turned off.
Turn off the Siri suggestions you don’t want to see.
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4. You can also customize how Siri suggestions work for certain apps while you’re at it. Start by scrolling down to the list of apps, and then tapping the app you want to modify.
Note: When Siri notes a trend – such as you always start a particular app around noon – the AI will start to suggest you run the app at that time.
5. On the app’s details page, you can tweak how Siri interacts with this app. If you like getting some Siri suggestions but don’t want Siri to make suggestions about certain apps, you can fine-tune the way Siri works.
To prevent Siri from ever making suggestions about the app, turn off Learn from this App by tapping on the toggle.
Tap this toggle to turn off Siri suggestions for a particular app.
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Alternatively, you can fine-tune how Siri makes suggestions about each app and its contents by turning the toggles in the While Searching and Suggestions sections on or off.
You can also tweak how Siri suggestions work with certain apps.
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Note: Some apps will have more toggles to customize than others. For example, some apps will have a toggle that allows you to choose whether to show Siri suggestions inside the app or not, while others will not have this option at all.