Ask Siri now sits at the top of context menus in macOS 27 Golden Gate once Siri AI is switched on. A Terminal command removes it and leaves Siri AI running.
The workaround comes from a user named pdfu, who shared it on MacRumors forum a while ago. It relies on NSAppleMenuAllowedItems, a setting that controls which items appear in the Apple menu. In the post, the user says macOS stops adding Ask Siri to context menus whenever that filter is active, even when nothing is blocked.
The command marks every Apple menu item as allowed. That turns the filter on and keeps Ask Siri out of your right-click menus in every app.
One Terminal command removes Ask Siri and leaves Siri AI running
Open Terminal from Applications, then Utilities, or find it through Spotlight. Paste the command below and press Return.
defaults write -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems -array -int 0 -int 1936680564 -int 1634760558 -int 1702390132 -int 1819239265 -int 1819239275 -int 1819240303 -int 1919706991 -int 1919118964 -int 1920103284 -int 1919251316 -int 1920164974 -int 1936225652 -int 1936483696 -int 1936749167 -int 1937339251Restart your Mac, then right-click a file or a block of text to confirm Ask Siri is gone. Each number in the command is a four-letter Apple menu item code converted to an integer.
The original post leaves About This Mac off the list because that item always stays visible. The -g flag writes the setting to your global preferences, which is why it applies to every app on your account.
Apple has been spreading Ask Siri through its software for a while. The Photos app picked up an Ask Siri item in its context menu with iOS 27 beta 2, and the Mac version now appears in menus across the system.
If you want to limit what Siri AI can reach instead of hiding one menu item, the macOS 27 settings worth changing include the list of apps Siri AI can search.
Users who tried the fix report three catches
The thread has a few replies from people who ran the command on their own Macs. Their notes are worth reading before you paste anything.
- On a Mac with several user accounts, the command has to be run in each account
- One user found that logging out and back in worked without a full restart
- Another user saw the Apple menu shrink to About This Mac and App Store after applying it, and reverting fixed that
In a reply, the original poster said the command worked as expected on their Mac and posted the same command without the conversion step, which is the version above.
Look over the Apple menu after the restart. A missing item is the cue to run defaults delete -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems in Terminal and restart again, which returns everything to default and brings Ask Siri back.
