Apple Intelligence, Siri and External AI Controls

Apple moved its AI-related restrictions out of the Legacy Restrictions payload and into three DDM configuration types. Use this article to choose the right type for the feature you want to control, and to recreate existing Legacy restrictions.

To control…	Use this DDM type	Minimum version
Apple Intelligence features: Writing Tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, summarization, and the ChatGPT integration	Intelligence Settings	iOS 26.4 / macOS 26.4
Siri, Siri while locked, user-generated content, the profanity filter	Siri Settings	iOS 26.4 / macOS 26.4
Third-party AI integrations in Apple Intelligence, such as ChatGPT	External Intelligence Settings	iOS 26.4 / macOS 26.4

Before you start

• All three types require a Supervised device. Unsupervised devices reject them. See Endpoint Management Modes.
• The device must run iOS or iPadOS 26.4 or later, or macOS 26.4 or later.
• The equivalent Legacy restrictions were deprecated in OS 26.4. They still work for now, but don’t build new policy on them. See Legacy MDM to DDM Mapping.

Intelligence Settings

Every setting in Intelligence Settings is a Yes / No setting with the options Not configured, No, and Yes. Not configured leaves the setting out, so the device keeps its default. Set a setting to No to turn the feature off.

Setting	What setting it to No does
Allow Apple Intelligence	Prevents the use of Apple Intelligence features.
Allow Summarization	Prevents content summarization by Apple Intelligence.
Allow Writing Tools	Prevents the use of Apple Intelligence Writing Tools.
Allow Image Playground	Prevents the use of Image Playground.
Allow Genmoji	Prevents the creation of Genmoji.
Allow ChatGPT Integration	Prevents the ChatGPT integration with Siri and Writing Tools.

Siri Settings

Every setting in Siri Settings is a Yes / No setting with the options Not configured, No, and Yes.

Setting	What it does
Enabled	No disables Siri completely.
Allow While Locked	No disables Siri on the Lock Screen.
Allow User-Generated Content	No disables Siri user-generated content, such as answers from Wikipedia.
Force Profanity Filter	Yes forces the Siri profanity filter.

External Intelligence Settings

External Intelligence Settings controls third-party AI integrations that Apple Intelligence can hand requests to — for example ChatGPT. It doesn’t control Siri. Use Siri Settings for that.

It has one setting, a Yes / No setting with the options Not configured, No, and Yes:

Setting	What it does
Allow External Intelligence	No prevents the use of external AI integrations.

To block only the ChatGPT integration with Siri and Writing Tools, and keep other integrations, set Allow ChatGPT Integration to No in Intelligence Settings instead.

Common scenarios

Goal	Configuration
Turn off all generative AI on company devices	Intelligence Settings: set Allow Apple Intelligence to No. External Intelligence Settings: set Allow External Intelligence to No. Siri Settings: set Enabled to No if you also want to turn off Siri.
Keep Apple Intelligence, block third-party AI	Intelligence Settings: set Allow ChatGPT Integration to No. External Intelligence Settings: set Allow External Intelligence to No.
No Siri on the Lock Screen	Siri Settings: Allow While Locked set to No.

Good to know

• Any “off” wins — every Allow… and Enabled setting in these types is combined with AND across configurations. If any configuration sets a feature to No, it’s off.
• Supervised only — on Unsupervised devices these types are rejected. There’s no DDM way to restrict Apple Intelligence on unsupervised devices.
• Feature availability also depends on Apple — Apple Intelligence features are only available on supported hardware, languages, and regions. Restricting a feature that isn’t available on a device has no visible effect.
• Source: Apple’s Intelligence Settings, Siri Settings and External Intelligence Settings declarations (Release v27.0), and Apple’s iOS 27 enterprise release notes.