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iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?

I have been looking everywhere with no luck but thought I would ask here. Is there any way to disable the auto-looping of videos in the Photos app in iOS18? After upgrading now if I play a video to auto-repeats in an endless loop until you stop it where in the past it would stop at the end of the video.


I dislike this feature since I often show others videos on my phone and find it very annoying that the video instantaneously loops back to the beginning when it finishes playing. Sometimes this makes it hard to tell for sure if the video has finished or looped and it's always a nuisance if I need to talk to the person about the video once it finishes playing, especially if it happens to be a video that's quiet for a few seconds at the end and I've forgotten to close the Photos app.



Posted on Sep 18, 2024 7:33 AM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2024 10:37 PM

Just talked to apple support and currently in 18 you can't disable it, but he suggested I leave a comment here to have them change it back in future versions.


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Maybe if we all do that, something might get done in the next version.

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Nov 1, 2024 3:49 PM in response to Legends20036

Shut it off!


This is so typical of Apple. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to move from a PC laptop to a Mac, but can't do it because of how little control Apple gives me. I'm just asking that they don't start screwing up things that weren't screwed up to begin with, like this issue. It's pretty clear i'll never be a Mac user on a regular basis (photo, and video editing only), I just don't want to have the same fate with the iPad.

Nov 18, 2024 8:19 AM in response to Ginger_Drink

Ginger_Drink wrote:

Apple, PLEASE let me disable video looping … I’m reviewing hundreds of videos to see which can be deleted or cropped and the looping is making the job not just tiresome, but stressful. 🤯😖🤬😭
I’m astonished this is even a thing — under what circumstances would it be useful?

::SIGH:: Someone else who didn’t bother to read the 11 pages of posts about this subject before adding yet another one.

iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?

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