# Turn off Apple Intelligence app suggestions

Disable Suggest apps in Settings › Search & Siri if you want name-based search without the optional task-suggestion model.

Last updated 26 October 2026

## Follow these steps

1. Open CubbyPad Settings › Search & Siri.

1. Find the Apple Intelligence card.

1. Turn Suggest apps off.

1. Test ordinary app names and initials to confirm your usual search route.

## What to expect

Typed task descriptions no longer use that optional app-suggestion feature. The grid, regular name search, folders and layouts remain separate core functions.

The on-device model uses memory while working. The Settings card explains that tradeoff so you can decide whether the additional task interpretation is worth using on your Mac.

## If the result is different

If voice input is the feature you want to stop or troubleshoot, inspect its microphone and speech controls separately. Disabling Suggest apps does not revoke system speech permissions or change the App strip’s local time-based suggestion mode.

For the broader walkthrough, read [find apps, files and answers with search](https://cubbypad.com/guides/search/).

## Related answers.

[### Use CubbyPad when Apple Intelligence is unavailable

Use ordinary name search and the category-based Organize fallback when your Mac’s Apple Intelligence model is not available.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/ai-unavailable/)[### Navigate and arrange CubbyPad with the keyboard

Use arrows and Return for opening, Command-arrow for pages, and selection and movement keys for grid editing.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/keyboard-navigation/)[### Use icon actions with VoiceOver

CubbyPad icons expose accessibility actions for operations such as moving, renaming and taking an app out of a folder.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/voiceover-actions/)

Source: https://cubbypad.com/help/disable-ai-suggestions/