Restricting Apple Intelligence on Corporate iPhones, iPads, and MacsSolved

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5 months ago Sep 13, 2025

We have a production facility and recently rolled out a new batch of iPhones, iPads, and macOS devices to our teams. Over the past few weeks, we’ve noticed increased microphone, camera, and screen activity indicators during regular usage. After investigating internally, it appears this behavior may be related to Apple Intelligence features running in the background.

Given the nature of our work and confidentiality requirements, we would prefer to restrict or disable Apple Intelligence on corporate devices. Is there a way to control this using a Hexnode policy?

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5 months ago Sep 13, 2025
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Hello,

Thank you for bringing this up. I understand your concern, where sensitive content must remain tightly controlled.

Apple Intelligence introduces advanced on-device processing features that may interact with system components such as the microphone, camera, and screen content depending on usage scenarios. If your organization prefers to restrict these capabilities, Hexnode provides support for managing them.

You can control Apple Intelligence using Advanced Restrictions for both iOS/iPadOS and macOS devices. You can disable Apple Intelligence features across enrolled devices, ensuring they do not operate within your managed environment.

To apply this:

  • Create or edit a policy in Hexnode.
  • Navigate to the Advanced Restrictions under a relevant platform.
  • Scroll to the end for the Apple Intelligence restrictions and configure it as required.
  • Associate the policy with the target devices or groups.

Once applied, the restriction will be enforced on associated devices, helping maintain your organization’s privacy and compliance standards.

Help links for iOS/iPadOS & macOS.

If you would like assistance identifying the exact configuration path for your device platform, feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,
George
Hexnode UEM

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