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Live Photos have been with us for several years now - specifically, they first appeared almost six years ago with the iPhone 6s. Live Photo are, simply put, photos in which classic video footage is stored. This means that when you take a Live Photo, a recording is automatically saved in the photo, which you can then play with sound in Photos. As you can probably guess, when using Live Photos, photos take up much more storage space, which may not be ideal for individuals with small storage. In this article, we will take a look at how to completely disable Live Photos on iPhone.

How to Completely Disable Live Photos on iPhone

As most of you probably know, you can turn off Live Photos directly in the Camera app. In this case, just go to Camera and then tap the Live Photos icon at the top right. If the Live Photos icon is crossed out, it means that Live Photos is not activated when taking a picture, on the contrary, if it is yellow, then Live Photos are active. However, if you turn Live Photos off this way, exit Camera, and then return to Camera, the settings won't be preserved and Live Photos will be back on, so you'll need to disable them again. Fortunately, there is a way to disable this "feature" to automatically reactivate Live Photos. Proceed as follows:

  • First, you need to go to the native app on your iOS device Settings.
  • Once you've done that, go down a notch below to the section Camera, which you click.
  • On the next screen that appears, then tap on at the top Keep settings.
  • Here you just need to use the switch activated possibility LivePhoto.

The above procedure will ensure that the settings in the Camera application are always preserved. This means that if you disable Live Photos in the Camera application after this procedure, Live Photos will not be automatically activated when you exit and return to this application - they will remain disabled. Additionally, you can enable options to preserve preferences related to camera mode and creative controls in the settings section above.

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