How to turn off Siri on your iPhone and prevent the virtual assistant from listening to you

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  • You can turn off Siri to prevent the virtual assistant from listening to your commands by disabling it in the Settings app.
  • You need to turn off both "Listen for Hey Siri" and "Press Side Button for Siri" to completely disable the function.
  • If you prefer, you can use Settings to turn off certain kinds of Siri suggestions.

The virtual assistant Siri has been part of the iPhone's operating system since 2011, about a year after Apple bought the voice assistant when it was just an app in the App Store. While still not as capable as alternatives like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, many people still find it useful to control their phone and get quick answers to questions. If you would rather that your iPhone or iPad wasn't listening for your voice or don't want to give your devices voice commands, it's easy to turn off Siri with a few taps in Settings.

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How to turn off Siri 

You can completely disable Siri so it will not listen for "Hey, Siri" and can't be started by pressing the side button on your phone. Do this:

1. Start the Settings app and then tap Siri & Search.

2. Turn off Listen for "Hey Siri" by swiping the button to the left.

3. Turn off Press Side Button for Siri by swiping the button to the left.

Disable the top two settings on the Siri & Search settings page. Dave Johnson

4. After you turn off both of these settings, you'll see the Turn Off Siri pop-up. Tap Turn Off Siri. 

If you want to turn Siri back on, come back here and enable both of those settings. You'll need to complete a very short setup process by repeating a few Siri commands so your phone learns your voice. 

How to turn off Siri suggestions

If you find Siri occasionally useful but would like to disable some or all Siri suggestions, you can do that as well. Go to Siri & Search in the Settings app, where you can turn off Siri suggestions only while searching, on the Lock Screen or Home Screen, for example. You can also disable Siri suggestions within certain apps.

You can customize the kind of suggestions Siri makes. Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson Freelance Writer Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider. Read more Read less

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