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

Exactly the reason I found this thread! Hey APPLE I DONT want to see my coworkers face on my phone. Seeing their pic pop up INSTANTLY annoys my soul

Apple should change that, just imagine having a coworker or someone you are tired of seeing, and now when the person calls you, their profile picture shows up! How annoying is that!

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.

The problem is, they are Not a saved contract. I don’t want any information about them. It’s a temporary contact. I have my phone not to share if you’re not in my contacts.

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.

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

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?

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.

I don’t even have the contact saved in my phoneand definitely not on any social media platform and his picture has taken over the MAYBE:”this person” contact where I text him.

Has someone figured this out yet, it’s real

annoying?

Everyone in my phone get a unique an embarrassing photo! Im tired of it just randomly switching one day. It makes me not want an IOS product anymore!! A lot of these photos are also so old I no longer have a copy!!

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.

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