Use DDM to manage Apple Intelligence settings on devices running 26.4 and later

With the release of 26.4, Apple deprecated several intelligence-related settings in the MDM restrictions payload. To manage these settings, use the DDM configurations released in March 2026 instead.

In the settings catalog, the following Restrictions are now deprecated:

• Allow Apple Intelligence Report
• Allow Assistant
• Allow Assistant User Generated Content
• Allow Assistant While Locked
• Allow Auto Correction
• Allow Continuous Path Keyboard
• Allow Definition Lookup
• Allow Dictation
• Allowed External Intelligence Workspace IDs
• Allow External Intelligence Integrations
• Allow External Intelligence Integrations Sign In
• Allow Genmoji
• Allow Image Playground
• Allow Image Wand
• Allow Keyboard Shortcuts
• Allow Mail Smart Replies
• Allow Mail Summary
• Allow Notes Transcription
• Allow Notes Transcription Summary
• Allow Personalized Handwriting Results
• Allow Predictive Keyboard
• Allow Safari Summary
• Allow Spell Check
• Allow Visual Intelligence Summary
• Allow Writing Tools
• Force Assistant Profanity Filter
• Force On Device Only Dictation
• Force On Device Only Translation

In the device restrictions template, the following settings are deprecated.

Built-in apps:

• Block Siri
• Block Siri while device is locked
• Block Siri for dictation
• Block Siri for translation
• Require Siri profanity filters
• Block user-generated content in Siri

Keyboard and dictionary:

• Block word definition lookup
• Block predictive keyboards
• Block auto-correction
• Block spell check
• Block keyboard shortcuts
• Block dictation