The styles option does not appear when I attempt to edit a photo in the photos app after iOS 18.0.1 update

I had the same issue. High Efficiency checked and style appears in Camera, but not in Photos.

Here is what fixed for me:

Go to Settings, and

1. Go to Settings / Camera / Format and confirm that you have a check next to High Efficiency. Take a photo.
2. Go back to Settings / Camera / Format and check Most Compatible. Take a photo
3. Go back to Settings / Camera, and re-select High Efficiency. Take a photo. The Photos App will now show the Styles option in the Edit mode.

Unchecking and re-selecting the High Efficiency mode appears to reset it, and the Styles edit function in Photos.

Hope this works for you.

JimGustafson wrote: In order to have the styles option under a photo in your photos app, you must have your camera set to shoot in high efficiency, and not in most compatible.

Never would have guessed! Thanks!

When this happens to me on my iPhone 16 Pro Max, restarting the phone fixes it. However, it will only fix it for photos captured after the device reboot. It does not address the issue for photos that were captured while the device was in this state.

This has been an intermittent problem for me. My iPhone will work fine; Styles appear in Edit Mode in the Photos app, and then Styles will no longer appear for newly captured photos at some random point. So, the device reboot is only a temporary fix as this bug has been reoccurring for me.

Sorry to hear you’re having challenges using the Styles feature.

When editing images in the Photos app you must be using images captured with an iPhone 16 model and also in HEIF format. Images captured using other model iPhones and in other formats such as RAW, JPEG, DNG, and Most Compatible will not be able to access the Style settings.

When in Camera mode, the Style settings can only be modified with images being captured in HEIF and Most Compatible. However, Most Compatible will not be able to be edited in Photos app.

The Apple Support articles I linked below cover this in much more detail and contain additional information about Styles and other camera settings and features.

Edit photos and videos on iPhone - Apple Support

Use Photographic Styles with your iPhone camera - Apple Support

Are you shooting HEIF Max 48 MP? Please follow this path,

iPhone > Settings > Camera > Formats > ProRaw and Resolution Control > on/enabled

iPhone > Settings > Camera > Formats > Pro Default > HEIF Max > checked

Now try some samples in good light and share one or two here.

I had the same strange effect. Sometimes Styles was available sometimes not. And I am also talking about the same settings…

What helped me to get Styles back was just a restart of the phone. But unfortunately all Pictures taken before the restart would not show the option Styles anymore. Must be a bug 🐛… Everything else doesn’t make sanse.

I’m on iPhone 16 Pro Max. When I turn off RawMax, the styles icon appears in upper right hand corner, as circled in red. This appears as an option with all lenses if RawMax is disabled.

The same thing happened with me. I have iPhone 16 base model and after taking a few pics, the styles in edit mode wasn’t working for me, so I just went back to camera and tried to use styles like using some other style rather than my current one. It did take the pic but when I opened the pic in the gallery, the style was gone, it looked like a standard pic with no styles filter on it. I turned off my phone and turned it back on and now somehow it works. This is happening ever since the 18.1.1 update. Apple needs to fix this!

To resolve this issue, you can try one of the following options:

1. Restart your iPhone: Power it off and turn it back on.

2. Force restart your iPhone:

• Quickly press and release the Volume Up button.

• Quickly press and release the Volume Down button.

• Press and hold the Side button until the Apple logo appears, then release it.

I had the same problem, and it was fixed using this method. Let us know if it works for you!

Just happened to me for the first time --- turned off ProRes and it worked. The weird thing is I had ProRes on always and it was never a problem (I didn't shoot in it) but for some reason all of a sudden, it took away access to Styles. So yeah -- I have it with ProRes off and HEIF on -- good luck

Same issue, iOS 18.1.1 iPhone 16 pro. I had the right settings and I had to restart my device for the styles to appear. I have shot a few pictures and styles are missing .

If u disable raw12 on top right it comes back I.e it doesn’t work for 48 megapixels

Ugh! Turn the phone off and on again. Too simple and usually the first thing I do. Thanks!!