How to Stop Contact Photos Auto-Updating on my iPhone 15?

Go to the contacts app. Go to their contact. Click “Contact Photo & Poster” Click “Custom Photo Ask Before Updating”

For future reference when it pops up at the top of your messages hit no

On your iPhone, go to "contacts". Select the person. If the person has share their picture contact photo & poster, you will see "Shared by [person's name]."

Tap the right side "Contact Photo & Poster" and you will get a choice: (1) Lasted Photo Updated Automatically or (2) Custom Photo Ask Before Updating.

Select "Ask Before Updating"

Then go through the processes of adding the photo and poster you want again.

Now it won't get overwritten.

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hey all! this is 99% fixable! (except their photo technically still remains in your phone hidden in this contact photo edit menu WHICH SHOULD BE FIXED THANK YOU DEVS)

1. go to the contact you want to change.
2. top right click edit.
3. under their photo click edit.
4. swipe right to the grey image.
5. click create new.
6. bottom right click monogram.
7. top right click done.
8. on preview poster click continue.
9. on contact photo click continue.
10. top right click done.

Lgilliganriley wrote:

This doesn’t solve the problem because I have to go into each contact and make this adjustment. I need a solution that blanket stops this for all of my contacts at once.

To my knowledge this isn't a supported feature. And yes, you'll have to choose a contact photo for your contacts, if it is so bothersome that what your contacts chose as their contact photo irks you.

Feel free to provide feedback to Apple, who isn't here on this user to user only forum --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

I found a shortcut that is used to look at your contacts, find the ones with photos/avatars that are too big to sync. It will list those contacts on the screen.

then you can manually set a poster or avatar for that person (I like the Initials too).

I starting using the shortcut when certain contacts weren't syncing but it's useful just to make a sweep through your contacts to show you the folks that you can remove the contact photos

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d28b11968cc04f38b73beb08acc6bf9d

try it out. I have had great results with it. It won't keep new ones from showing up, but you can periodically run the shortcut and find those that slip through and fix them.

If you are referring to how someone has set up their contact photo to show, you can't change that. When they call or message you, that's on their side and not something you can change.

I keep my Apple devices in Lockdown Mode. I sometimes get a notification that someone has tried to share their name and photo but Lockdown Mode blocked the download/share.

Typically, iMessage doesn't automatically update or synchronize contact photos based on the images shared within conversations. In other words, even if someone sends you pictures through iMessage, those images won't automatically become the contact photo for that person in your contacts list. The contact photo usually needs to be manually updated or changed on your device to reflect any preferred images you might want to associate with specific contacts.

So you’re telling me my contact will change on other peoples phone that I have not been around? I texted a lady I just met cause it’s a friends mom of my kids and her photo came up in the contact. I can’t change it to never do this?

You CAN'T disable it. Apple hired some new stoopid who inserted the feature in order to "make a difference" as the new guy on the job--FAIL.

But also Apple's half-*ssed features of late only prove that not only is Steve Jobs dead, he's STILL dead.

So basically, I get to see someone in their bathing suit or skimpy or inappropriate gym clothing everytime they call without being able to stop that? So there’s no method to filter the type of photos that pop up on your screen? This is not a good idea.

Yes despite what some are saying here, there is in fact a way to disable your contacts’ own personalized name/photo from being shared with you automatically. To turn this off go to:

Settings > Messages > Show Contact Photos