How to completely disable Siri

[TheBigRed]

Hi, trying to completely stop Siri from being enabled, currently we have it so that the setup assistant is skipped on login, and the Siri system preference item is blocked, but the user can still run the Siri.app from /Applications or Spotlight.

I've tried adding to the restricted software but it still runs.

Any ideas?

[davidacland]

It doesn't look like it's possible. I've tried removing the app as root, using restricted software and a restriction config profile.

Deterring the user with the other methods you've implemented is probably as close as you'll be able to get.

[CapU]

I created an image where I started the machine in Target Disk mode, the connected to the drive and deleted the Siri app.
Far too much work. I just gave up and worked on preventing the iCloud page from loading

[mariobarrera]

I put both of these in configuration profiles under custom setting and uploaded them one remove the icon and the other disable siri from the computer.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict> <key>Assistant Enabled</key> <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

and then

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict> <key>StatusMenuVisible</key> <false/> <key>UserHasDeclinedEnable</key> <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

[StoneMagnet]

@mariobarrera You should note what the appropriate Preference Domain is for those profiles

[daworley]

https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/blocking-siri-on-macos-sierra/

[chrsan]

I have trouble with deactivate Siri.app, too. I try many things but nothing work fine for me, so i make a policie to delete the app

1. There is a Siri.app under /Application/Siri.app
2. There is a 2nd Siri.app under /System/Library/CoreServices/Siri.app (This is the main app i think, so i delete it!)