Removing the “Ask Siri” context menu item on macOS 27
In macOS 27, an “Ask Siri” item has been forcibly injected at the top of every context menu across the entire operating system, in Apple’s apps and in third-party apps alike, with no opt-out.
Mac users have years of muscle memory built around context menus, and the first item for any given element is something users learn quickly and rely on constantly. When right-clicking a link, a word, an image, a file, or anything else, users know what that first item is. That muscle memory now leads them to Ask Siri instead. This is a system-wide disruption of learned behavior that affects every user in every app for a feature that provides no clear value. Who right-clicks a file in Finder and thinks “let me ask Siri about this”?
Thankfully, there is a way to remove it at a system level:
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
if [[ ! -f /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist ]]; then
sudo plutil -create xml1 /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist
fi
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete :Campo" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist 2>/dev/null || true
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :Campo dict" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :Campo:Enabled bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plist
sudo chmod 644 /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plistThe change can be rolled back by removing the override:
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete :Campo" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/IntelligenceFlow.plistA reboot is required for the change to take effect, because macOS reads these values before starting Finder and other apps. A later update could still remove or rename the flag, but until then, applying those commands kills the menu field without affecting Siri.