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Unwanted photos saved.

How do I stop photos that are sent to me through messenger from automatically being saved to my photos. This just stared happening. The photos also a little messenger box in the lower left-hand corner.

Posted on Jan 2, 2022 12:33 PM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Jan 2, 2022 1:07 PM

Your iPhone probably has “Shared with You” set to ON for photos in Messages.

Open Settings ➡️ Messages ➡️ Shared with You ➡️ Photos: Set this to OFF. This will prevent shared photos from Messages to end up in your photo album.

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Unwanted photos saved.

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