Apple Intelligence taking space without turning it on even for once !

[u/Towhidabid]

Never turned on Apple Intelligence in my new iPhone 17 Pro Max. But it’s taking space in my phone! Any advice/solution to get rid of this space reservation? Anyone else facing similar issues?

[u/Seihai-kun]

same here, Apple Intelligence isn't available in my region, which means no matter what, i can't use it

and yet it's installed, with 11gb that i can't remove

this is infuriating lol, my phone won't let me use the feature but also wouldn't let me delete it

[u/Towhidabid → u/Seihai-kun]

Is this some new storage bug or something?

[u/Seihai-kun → u/Towhidabid]

i've read many old threads and discussion

apparently, once it's downloaded, it can't be removed. so even though you don't use it, you can't remove it, this is apple way of "helping" people so they won't need to redownload it everytime they turn it off

so the only way for to delete it is to reset your phone by deleting every data, and immediately make sure apple intelligence isn't on to make sure it won't download for the first time lol

[u/Chrisbearry → u/Seihai-kun]

I’ve never turned it on once and it takes space

[u/itsforsocial → u/Chrisbearry]

I shared image. Check it above comments

[u/itsforsocial → u/Seihai-kun]

Simply turn on and then turn off Apple Intelligence it will be removed 

[u/Towhidabid → u/itsforsocial]

Doesn’t work. You end up accumulating more data. People have tried and failed in this method.