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Turn on and off photos taken within iMessage being saved to Camera Roll

Bring back the setting toggle to not have Photos taken within iMessage automatically be saved to the Camera Roll. I have submitted a feature request for this as well. Maybe I am the only one that would enjoy bringing this feature back but it was great not having all those photos automatically saved. I have my iMessages back up to iCloud and when I take a photo within iMessage there is copy in iMessage save to iCloud and then a copy saved to Photos app which is backed up to iCloud taking up more space. There should be the option to not have the photos automatically save to your camera roll.

iPhone XS, iOS 14

Posted on Jun 23, 2021 2:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 23, 2021 3:48 PM

nolan. wrote:

Bring back the setting toggle to not have Photos taken within iMessage automatically be saved to the Camera Roll. I have submitted a feature request for this as well. Maybe I am the only one that would enjoy bringing this feature back but it was great not having all those photos automatically saved. I have my iMessages back up to iCloud and when I take a photo within iMessage there is copy in iMessage save to iCloud and then a copy saved to Photos app which is backed up to iCloud taking up more space. There should be the option to not have the photos automatically save to your camera roll.

You've already done the feedback, you'll have to wait and see if Apple does it or not.

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Jun 23, 2021 3:48 PM in response to nolan.

nolan. wrote:

Bring back the setting toggle to not have Photos taken within iMessage automatically be saved to the Camera Roll. I have submitted a feature request for this as well. Maybe I am the only one that would enjoy bringing this feature back but it was great not having all those photos automatically saved. I have my iMessages back up to iCloud and when I take a photo within iMessage there is copy in iMessage save to iCloud and then a copy saved to Photos app which is backed up to iCloud taking up more space. There should be the option to not have the photos automatically save to your camera roll.

You've already done the feedback, you'll have to wait and see if Apple does it or not.

Turn on and off photos taken within iMessage being saved to Camera Roll

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