howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-stop-siri-using-an-app-on-a-mac/ · Checked October 2026 · MacBook Neo · macOS 27.2

In this guide

Check you have macOS 27.2
Click Siri in the sidebar
Click Excluded Apps
Click Add Apps
Find the app in the list
Tick the app and click Done
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

On macOS 27.2 or later, open System Settings, click Siri, then Excluded Apps. Click Add Apps, tick the app and click Done. Apps on the list are excluded from Siri, Search and suggestions. Older versions, such as macOS 27.0.1, have no Excluded Apps page.

6 of 6 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device: Mac
Shown on: macOS 27.2 (MacBook Neo)
App: System Settings
Path: System Settings › Siri › Excluded Apps › Add Apps
Real screenshots: 6 of 6 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 1 official, linked below

Step by step

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Check you have macOS 27.2
Excluded Apps needs macOS 27.2 or later. Open System Settings, General, About. Ours says Version 27.2 (26B123).
Done
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Click Siri in the sidebar
Siri is in the System Settings sidebar, below Menu Bar.
Done
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Click Excluded Apps
It is below Responses. Ours had Siri off, so the page showed Turn On Siri at the top.
Done
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Click Add Apps
The page says: Apps added to the list below will be excluded from Siri, Search, and suggestions. Ours was empty.
Done
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Find the app in the list
A list of the apps on your Mac opens, A to Z, with Cancel and Done at the bottom.
Done
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Tick the app and click Done
We ticked Books, and Done was no longer grey. We clicked Cancel instead, so nothing was added on our Mac.
Done

If you do not see this option

No Excluded Apps row? It needs macOS 27.2 or later. On macOS 27.0.1 our Siri page had only Turn On Siri, Language, Voice and Responses. See how to update macOS on your Mac. Source: What's new in the updates for macOS 27 Golden Gate
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Only want to stop an app's suggestions? Siri, Suggestions has one switch per app, for suggestions in apps, in Search and in widgets. Ours were all on; we did not change any.
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If this does not work

Done stays grey? Tick at least one app first. Ours stayed grey until we ticked Books.
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Siri is switched on? The row stays. When we turned Siri on once, our Siri page showed Requests, Language, Voice, Responses, Excluded Apps, Suggestions and Turn Off Siri. We then turned Siri off again. The red box is from our capture.
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What does it change? Apple's release notes say Excluded Apps lets you choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access. We did not add an app, so we have not checked the effect ourselves. Source: What's new in the updates for macOS 27 Golden Gate

About this guide

Excluded Apps came with macOS 27.2. Apple's release notes call it one setting to choose which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access.

The screenshots are from our MacBook Neo with macOS 27.2 (26B123), in Dark mode, taken on 27 October 2026. What we did not change: we ticked Books to show the list, then clicked Cancel, so our list stayed empty. Siri was off for the step screenshots; we turned it on once afterwards to check the page, then off again. Every Suggestions switch stayed on. So we cannot show the page with an app on it.