How do I turn off the music in Photos memories? iOS 15

the constructive reply is I'm glad you posted this. Lots of us have asked the same thing, and commented appropriately, and sign of the times, we were all told our posts were deleted/ violated community standards... Good Luck!

I hope Apple listen to this. I will say once again that I have Borderline Personality Disorder, (and 4 additional disorders), and photography is very important to me. I am unable to work, so my hobbies are my life, when I feel well enough to take part in them. 'Photos' in Mac OS and iOS is integral and very important, as its where I store all my photographs. I have 28,000 photos and countless videos too.

I have invested heavily in Apple products, because of reliability and excellent customer service since 2005.

However, this particular point, where I regularly receive 'Memories' with the strangest music playing along is disturbing to me an even offensive in some cases.

I understand it's just an algorithm which make it happen, but there should be a way to turn off the music and change the preferences so 'Memories' don't occur. I have people's names with a selection of photos and music, places with the same, weather, and so on, every day. So if I ever watch the Memory selection, I always turn the music off, as it makes me very anxious.

So please, Apple, do the right thing, and add more preferences so we have more control over our own Photo libraries. The thought of taking 28, 000 photos from Apple's servers and putting them somewhere else would be a complete nightmare. I already pay monthly for additional storage. Just give the people what they want. Thanks.

I hate the new behavior. The great thing about the Memories feature was that it helped discover old photos and awaken memories. The mandatory addition of music is cloying and obnoxious. It tries to force a mood, rather than letting a mood emerge. This is particularly true when the photos are of dead people and pets. The times depicted may have been good, and revisiting them is welcome, but they are also, often, bittersweet. I want to feel MY feelings, rather than having some AI chosen music trying to drag me in a different direction.

I imagine some people like it. I might even choose to try out Apple's musical selections, but I don't want it forced on me. Right now I still have the memories widget on my home screen. I still appreciate seeing photos, but I'm also frustrated and traumatized because I know that if I heed my desire to click through I'll be irritated by the unwelcome music.

I've submitted feedback about this on Apple's site. I hope others do the same, since the people who made product decisions don't routinely read things here.

It’s unbelievably arrogant of Apple to impose their limited choice of music. Silence is what I want when viewing a photo as a source for my watercolour paintings. The unwanted music Is annoying, and embarrassing in an art group as I scrabble for the volume button. PLEASE adjust the menu selection. to include “None”.

I just spend a good 2 hours trying to figure out how to turn off the music in Memories slideshow on both ipad and iphone, only to find out that you cannot..that I am stuck with it. It should be an option, what makes Apple think we want to hear music, whether we want it or not?

What I have loved about Apple and the iPhone is being able to have it function as I choose. They seem to be getting away from that and controlling how it operates. I think that’s a bad direction to go and they will lose people. That said, my husband figured out how to turn off the music that Apple chose for my photos and which I hated. I want NO music. Period. I can’t tell you how he did it because it’s beyond my technical ability and he can’t explain it to me. BUT, take heart, it can be done. Apple is shooting itself in the foot.

I came here looking for help to stop this memories with music (what a load of trash) in my photos. I just bought a new iPhone 13 mini today I might have to return it and get a refund if I can’t clear this ridiculous feature,whoever thought this up needs to be got rid of as its not a nice option especially if it cant be closed down 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

I wish Apple were listening to this.

We, the customers, are responsible for the massive growth of the company. Yes, the management has done well, but without us, there would be no Apple.

So please, just allow us to turn off this ridiculous feature, if we want to. It would so easy to add a switch in Preferences, to stop this altogether. I doubt whether making people listen to random music, actually encourages them to buy, or listen to the particular track. I suppose it might. I would gladly pay 50p, or 50c a month to turn it off and have the ability to compose something myself, or add something from one of my playlists.

Come on Apple, do the right thing!

This is a forum for users of Apple products to ask questions and share advice. Apple “does it’s job” by providing direct support and feedback channels, which are entirely separate from this forum.

Btw, if you have found a way to turn off the music (as your post suggests) it would be helpful if you could share it.

The answer is not good enough. Apple was able to offer an option to remove the music in the previous version, why it is not an option now? User should be given control on how they wish to watch the slide show or memories with or without music!

Sure, then you also have to remember to turn it back on if you want to use your phone as an alarm, it will be silent when the alarm goes off, it won’t be an alarm after all, that is why Apple needs to come up with a no music option, period, give freedom back to the user!

Please provide a way to turn off the music like was available in previous versions. If you use videos in your memories, they can't compete with the sound from the music. Apple can do better than this.

Apple is not listening.

How many more people are irritated and feeling intimidated (for obvious psychological reasons. A certain percentage of people who are Apple customers will, just in statistical terms, have been experienced traumatic experiences in their lives, and this 'feature' will be triggering for them, causing distress and anxiety)?

It's distressing for me personally, and I wish Apple would just listen.

How? The search icon in memories music doesn’t allow for an actual search entering letters or words. It just brings up various categories and music tracks and you have to pick one or it defaults to the music Apple chooses. You must not have tried your suggestion, or if there is a way I’m not seeing, please enlighten me with the actual steps (and everyone else searching for a solution).

Add an option to turn off music in memories please. I have some memories that are sad and I don't want to hear this music.. I want to hear what people are saying in the video. Settings/photos/memories.. a little green toggle that says music on/off.

This will hurt Apple Music's play count but I have faith Apple will get by somehow.