How to Stop Apple from Storing Siri Recordings on iPhone

Siri has an Improve Siri & Dictation setting so Apple can save and review your voice interactions to train Siri better. However, if you don't want to save your personal voice, you can also turn off Improve Siri & Dictation. Here's how to stop Apple from storing Siri recordings on your iPhone.

How to stop Apple from storing Siri recordings

Step 1:

Go to Settings on your iPhone then select Privacy & Security to adjust.

Step 2:

Switch to the privacy customization interface for iPhone, we click on Analysis and improvements .

Step 3:

In the next interface, you drag down the Siri & Dictation Improvements section that is on to turn it off .

Turning this feature off ensures that your interactions with Siri and Dictation are solely between you and your device, without any external review process. While this may mean your contributions don't help train the algorithms, it does improve user comfort and personal safety.

Lesley Montoya

Update 26 September 2025