Disable "Add New Wallpaper" from iPhone lock screen

Nonameisbetter wrote:

Has anyone figured out how to turn this off? This is a terrible waste of time.

Tell Apple: Product Feedback - Apple

Maybe temporarily turn off tap-to-wake to reduce the access to the customization pending some change by Apple, too:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake > off

peterfromcaroline springs wrote:

Same for me, dumb and dumber. Apple need live real world people. Like when just grabbing the phone out of the pocket-it triggers the change wallpaper. Feature should be only in Wallpaper settings-only takes a couple of deliberate taps. Expect better for Apples profits.

Tell Apple: Product Feedback - Apple

Maybe temporarily turn off tap-to-wake to reduce the access to the customization, pending some potential future change by Apple, too:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake > off

fostecar wrote:

This is 100% the most annoying feature Apple has ever invented. I’ll just be holding my phone as I walk down the street and suddenly I look down and I have a space theme on my Lock Screen. Please please please make a way to turn it off!

Tell Apple: Product Feedback - Apple

Turn off tap-to-wake, pending some potential future change by Apple:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake > off

Genman55 wrote:

That is my number one complaint, followed closely by every other time I look at my screen, all of my icons are wiggling with the “x” wanting to be deleted just because I touched the screen a nanosecond too long.

Tell Apple about both of those cases: Product Feedback - Apple

Consider turning off tap-to-wake too, pending some potential future change by Apple:

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake > off

Davdez86 wrote:

What’s the point of having this forum if Apple’s not gonna do anything about it.

This is a user-to-user technical support forum. The purpose of the forum if for users to help each other out with issues. That means that people here can make suggestions about how to better use a particular feature but it doesn't mean anyone participating here has any ability to change things.

You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

jenjenjemz wrote:

I understand this is a design flaw related to the Apple Watch. I thought I had adjusted a setting to fix it but it hasn’t worked. This can’t possibly be that hard to fix. FIX IT.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the Apple Watch.

No one reading here can "FIX IT". Apple does not read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

redjacket wrote:

Worst feature ever!!!!

No, the worst feature is the fact that they removed the ability to use custom text tones.

This is literally a daily annoyance. Please add a disable option to settings.

No one participating in this thread can make any changes. You should let Apple know what you'd like to see:

Product Feedback - Apple

Dougwerts wrote:

Stop changing my bloody wallpaper. I WILL DECIDE WHEN I WANT TO CHANGE IT IF YOU DONT MIND APPLE GEEKS!!!!!

No one participating in this user-to-user forum is doing anything to your phone so please stop yelling at us.

You can let Apple know your, uh, thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

@GravyJones Thank you for sharing this! Have you noticed anything else being effected by changing this feature?

edit: I re-read your comment and you already explained that there is no changes 🙈 sorry! I have given it a go!

Yes, thank you!! It’s one of the worst design choices I’ve seen. Every time I pick up my phone I have inadvertently initiated the charge Lock Screen bs, it’s insanely unhelpful.

A simple, disable that and only do it via the settings menu would be fantastic.

I just researched this issue, which I am just having. I see some of these comments and suggestions are over a year old, so just wanted to leave an update on what I have found out (which isn’t much). I tried everything I could mentioned in this thread. Finally, I decided to just contact Apple support. I spoke to the nicest Apple Support people for over an hour , troubleshooting and trying different things (did y’all know they can SCREENSHARE on your phone!!??). But we could not find a solution. I was advised that they would be elevating issue to the engineering department to inquire if anything else could be done and I am supposed to hear back next week (today is Friday.. so next week). I’ll be sure to update if I get anywhere. If anyone in the meantime, has found anything new- PLEASE let me know!!

Apple is really going down hill fast. I’m tired of pulling my phone out of my pocket to a new wallpaper that I didn’t set myself because it changes as it’s in my pocket. I’m at the point I want to go back to a flip phone because of this stuff. I hate the wallpaper setup, I hate that if I delete a photo, voicemail or text messages I have to go to another box to delete it all over again. If I delete it I want it gone right then and they’re not saved for 30 days. Apple is definitely making it where people are gonna flee them in droves. I remember my first iPhone in 2007 the iOS back then is a 1000 times better than todays iOS.

I spent a great while speaking to the two nicest ladies at Apple Support who seemed just as shocked as I was so ybrh reached out to the engineering dept and they were eventually told to that this feature CANNOT be c changed, she advised me to write in to Apple support/feedback to complain and hopefully Apples creators will do away with unwanted features within the next update/or next generation iPhone

Could not agree more. I’ve got my fingers constantly crossed hoping this will be the day, the day that will provide me with a new update. The update to get rid of this stupid idea forever. I don’t know what they were thinking!

pld5275 wrote:

I sure hope the programers at Apple read these posts and give us a way to avoid the annoying New Wallpaper screen.

No, they don't. But, you can use the feedback link provided above. That is read by the right people.