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Turn off contacts in the iOS 13 Share Sheet

I need to be able to remove the list of suggested contacts on the top row of the "share sheet" in Safari and other iOS 13 applications. In just the past week since I switched to iOS 13, I've had a couple accidental shares; moreover, sometimes I present the contents of my screen to an audience, and I do not want them to see my frequent contacts. Finally, most of the suggested contacts are not contacts I would use anyways and are actually in frequent. This create some awkward circumstances an accidental sharing possibilities that can result from an accidental tap or brush with the screen. (Please see attached image from a similar request from another discussion group.) Thank you for your answers.

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Posted on Oct 2, 2019 5:01 PM

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wolfmantrust

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Posted on Oct 17, 2019 6:38 AM

This feature is dangerous, unhelpful, and lacks privacy control. I also often share my screen (either on a large audience display or sometimes just on my device while sitting with a smaller group of people). It is not right that my suggested contacts are immediately visible to all. Furthermore it creates a big risk of sending the wrong picture to the wrong person. This is actually enough to force me off the apple ecosystem. Very sloppy and poorly designed feature.

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Sep 16, 2020 12:39 PM in response to jjmck

Hey! You can turn off Share sheet suggestions from the apps separately. For instance in telegram go to data and storage >> share sheet >> turn the toggles off for “suggested chats”. Separately if you go to iphone settings >> siri suggestions >> you won’t be able to find “suggestions when sharing” option (I think it was available for older OSs)

Sep 17, 2020 7:07 AM in response to artemis49

Already done all of that, and nothing changes. I also did a 'restart' when I turned everything off in the event that may remove old cached material, but no dice. We're stuck with that annoyance until Apple chooses to remedy this 'feature' by either removing it OR making it optional. I'm sure some users love it.

Weedspot

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8 points

Sep 24, 2020 5:37 AM in response to jjmck

I assume you guys figured it out. But with the recent update to iOS 14 Apple FINALLY added the toggle option for contact suggestion in the share sheet. It’s under Settings, Siri, and there’s a toggle button.

needless to say I will never have that awfully feature turned on ever again

Sep 24, 2020 12:18 PM in response to Community User

Sprocket 999 wrote:

A smart move by Apple. Not really something that had to be eliminated, just something that could be fixed with an 'option' which they did. Bravo, Apple!!!

This is an excellent example of what happens when enough people submit feedback to Apple.

Oct 5, 2020 11:20 AM in response to jjmck

I came across the same dilemma as well. What I found out was that if you’re forwarding something, a picture, website and you see the suggested contacts. Press the contact and a message will come up, show less, click it and that person will go away. This works great if you’re talking to several women at the same time you don’t want someone looking over your shoulder and see who else you’re talking to. LOL

Weedspot

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Nov 21, 2020 9:09 AM in response to BALAJI147

My post from several weeks back: « I assume you guys figured it out. But with the recent update to iOS 14 Apple FINALLY added the toggle option for contact suggestion in the share sheet. It’s under Settings, Siri, and there’s a toggle button.

needless to say I will never have that awfully feature turned on ever again »

lcascio

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51 points

Oct 14, 2019 11:48 AM in response to jjmck

This is NOT a desirable feature at all and can lead to embarrassing accidental sharing. How do we turn this off? I feel forced to look for an alternative to Safari now.