- Learn how to make sure no apps are eavesdropping on you.
- Find out how to stop iPhone from listening to your every word.
- Discover how to reset your Siri data and turn off “Hey Siri”.
Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, can be quite useful as it lets you interact with iPhone and Android devices via voice. However, if you are worried about Siri listening to your every word, you can disable them. In this article, you will learn how to stop your iPhone from eavesdropping on you, reset your Siri data, and turn off the “Hey Siri” command.
Apple has a document that explains what kind of data Siri will send to its servers. When you use Siri, the voice inputs are sent to and processed on Siri servers. Furthermore, with Siri and Dictation, your iPhone will send contact names, nicknames, and relationships, music and podcasts, names of your and your Family Sharing members’ devices, labels for items, and names of apps installed on your device and shortcuts added through Siri to Apple.
You can manually delete Siri and Dictation history by heading to Settings, tapping Siri & Search, and looking for the Siri & Dictation history. This will sever the link between your iPhone and the Siri data that Apple has from you. If you want to stop Siri from listening for your “Hey Siri” command completely, you can go to the same Siri & Search menu and turn off Listen for “Hey Siri,” and the iPhone will stop answering your commands. You can also turn off the Press Side Button for Siri option and the Allow Siri When Locked option.
To turn off Dictation data, you’ll need to go to Settings, General, Keyboard, and toggle off the Enable Dictation option. Furthermore, Apple’s Siri privacy document highlights other settings you might want to tweak, like syncing Siri preferences across devices, using Siri in third-party apps, and decoupling Location from your Siri interactions.
