Phone won’t let me allow access to my photos to any app

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Phone won’t let me allow access to my photos to any app

My phone suddenly stopped allowing any of my apps access to my photos. It sends me to settings to allow access and then there’s no option to allow it. I don’t know what else to do?

Posted on Dec 7, 2019 8:21 AM

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 7, 2019 11:54 AM in response to PitbullPride

So the app is not showing up there after you attempt to access photos? Have you tried doing a force restart of the iPhone? Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Check Settings>Screen Time and see if you have any Restrictions turned on.

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 7, 2019 8:29 AM in response to PitbullPride

If you cannot find a setting to allow access for photos, then check to see if you have any restrictions turned on in Screen Time. You should be able to set access in Settings>Privacy>Photos. Any app that has tried to get access to Photos should be listed there.

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PitbullPride Author

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Dec 7, 2019 12:05 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I forced a reset. And now it’s working again. Thank you!

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 7, 2019 10:23 AM in response to PitbullPride

If you try to access photos from an app and it won't let you, it should provide you with a dialog to go to Settings and turn that on. Do you not see that?

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