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

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.

I agree with all other comments. Not being able to silence the “Memories” feature in iPhotos has killed the Memories feature and Apple might as well just remove this feature. A shame, since I loved the Memories photo feature..

Indeed the silence option has been taken away, please Apple could you allow the silence option, the option hear the sound of street musicians back again. Allow to show the creativity that is available in the public.

Apple, hi how are you? Well I’m an Apple fan. I do like various fruits, but always love My Apple iPhone and Apple Tech too. Oh,I would really like to say, Supp? My Apple? Would you give us an option to stop the music if there is then all apologies, but it isn’t easy to find or not an option and would be nice to view a silent pre-made slide show and be able to first choose the photos to go in a slideshow & say for sensitivity reasons make it an option or a solution would be to just send silently and then adding music could then be an option, PLEASE?! When a preselected and horribly matched song starts out of the blue, I really don’t like the attack on my heart & mind when at the same time, I see a slideshow of my beautiful dead Wife’s modeling photos from various photo shoots in years past or irl photos & selfies taken or ones she’d sent to me while at the same time being blasted with a loud jazz type song by James Brown, great artist btw, but not with these emotional photos! Or an upbeat yay type song. WoW! I’m sure if people took Live Photos of their EX acting a fool or a selfie of one or both of them taken after a fight, or upbeat music while captures of a very sad, serious or sacred day. Help Us Apple. Love your Apple Fan that had this happen a few minutes ago and definitely not for the 5th time. Thanks, Apple for helping or making this easier to find & select or for sure making the randomized slideshows silent so people can select photos to be included and then an option for music, Afterwards! if any at all is desired. Thanks and Bye My Apple.

Useless and annoying to anyone around you. If I cannot reliably control when the phone is going to make noise, this makes memories a feature to avoid on a portable device.