iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?

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~Katana-San~

Ddot-me wrote:

Apple, please allow us to disable that. Such an annoying feature

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

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There are thousands of features that are “forced on users”, starting with the very first iPhone, which had thousands of features never before seen on a cell phone. Virtually every function an iPhone has (or an Android phone, for that matter) was “forced on users”.

And the simple solution is to hit the pause button when it restarts.

GeorgeAppleID wrote:

This comment by JC3476 would fix the whole issue for me. Thanks. He said ..

"iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default. Plz."

Well, I hope JC3476 and you both told Apple you would like this. Telling other users in the user-to-user forum will not make it happen→Product Feedback - Apple

SchPe wrote:

Yes, very annoying

iOS 18 — Disable auto video looping in Photo app!!! Add an option button to auto loop, but don’t make it the default.

Didn’t get it with 18.0.1 … why???

Because Apple isn’t going to go to the expense and effort to fix a minor annoyance to a few users. It may be in a future update if thousands of users request it in https://apple.com/feedback, but just post in this user-to-user forum doesn’t move the needle. Have you provided feedback, for a start?

-_cfb_- wrote:

I want to be able to turn auto looping videos on and off in iOS 18 and beyond. It is very annoying when the video keeps looping. It's as bad as Instagram when I don't know when something's over.

Have you told Apple that's what you'd like to see?

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I don’t have it on auto-loop, and neither do any of the other users in this user-to-user forum will no significant Apple participation. Which you would have known if you had read almost ANY of the other posts in the 10 pages of this thread.

Have you told Apple?

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I realize I might be to blame for all the confusion and why so many people are leaving comments in this forum chain when I said that Apple support suggested that we “leave a comment here to have them change it back in future versions”. What I meant was to leave a comment to the link below.

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Hope this helps clarify.

asmyk wrote:

Was it done by Apple intentionally? I think it would be better and more natural to receive

recorded videos with sound and give the option to turn it off. 

No one here in this user-to-user forum could answer that. You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

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Yeah, I don't like that feature either. I went to Settings - Accessibility - clicked on Motion and deactivated the auto-playing features so at least they don't start without my consent, but still, the videos started playing again after finishing. Apple nerds- creators etc, need to understand that for these types of features, clients want to be in control. it should be an On-Off feature in case someone else wants the contrary, otherwise, it is annoying.

I commented and “me too’d” here but also left feedback at Feedback - iPhone - Apple . I suggest all else do same! (it’s a very quick form) I’m surprised that link is not accessible from this Community tab. I know it’s frustrating to some that we’re commenting here but another commenter said Apple customer service told them to so we are doing our best.

Also I fully empathize with people using strong terms like “hate this” because it’s very annoying and no one should be shamed for feeling frustration when a default feature is suddenly introduced with no option to disable. Life is not a repeating TikTok short, video beginnings and ends are good for many reasons (viewing, sharing, determining whether to edit/condense a video). This has actually caused me anxiety, I don’t view stuff this way and we’ve all spent too much time trying to fix.

Cheers.

I left a comment last week. Hope it helps.

I also left a comment asking them to make it possible to remove or hide the "Movie" option at the bottom of an album, as I accidentally started a movie of my photos, complete with music, in the middle of a meeting I was in last week.

My final act in this thread is to unsubscribe from comments, cause all I'm getting in my emails from this thread now are "me toos" about the video looping feature. I don't think the complaints are helping when they are posted here. Complain to Apple, as Judd3180 said.

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Have a good day, all.

Well, it only came out today so I guess people have not been nudged about that update just yet. But thanks.

I have manually now done the update, and there is now a feature where you go into settings, go to the Photos app, scroll down and TURN OFF auto loop of videos. Videos will auto loop unless you do this manual fix yourself. Let’s hope the next update will have the default being back to just playing a video and stopping at the end, rather than the user having to do the manual fix themselves.

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Also…It’s been fixed. See *MPL50’s* post on page 20 as it explains. Take care.

~Katana-San~

Hard to believe this question was asked back in September and as of Dec. 14, no one has offered a valid answer... To keep your videos from looping, go to "Settings", scroll down to "Apps", then go to "Photos" and turn off the "Loop Videos" option. That's it...