iPhone Photos - iOS 18.5 - need setting to turn off album clips 'slideshow' taking up over half the screen

When I go to collections or shared albums, a large clip of everything in that album is shown at the top with a 'slide show' of all the pictures in that album. I am not talking about the preview tiles or suggested slide shows. Specifically:


Going to Photos

Scrolling to a Shared Album, for example

Opening the album

A slideshow taking up more than half the screen shows the pictures in that album.


While that is a cool feature to have when you are old and bored and want to smile at your family pictures album, it is not handy when I have a friend looking over my shoulder as I try to find the tile I want to show them, they are privy to get a full view of other pictures I have in that album that I do not want them to see!


You can swipe the tiles up to cover that, but I would like the option to turn that feature off, and haven't been able to find it.


I have tried going to the three dots in the album ... but there is not the option there.

I have tried going into Settings>Apps>Photos and have turned off Auto-Play Motion and Loop Videos, but that doesn't do anything for this specific scenario.


I have tried to Google it, but I don't seem to get the terms correct and it takes me to other useless or outdated information.


If anyone has figured that out, please respond. If I need to add that to an Apple Suggestion, I will!


iPhone 13

Posted on Jun 6, 2025 7:56 AM

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Posted on Jun 6, 2025 8:03 AM

In albums and some collections you can turn off the preview movie by going to the sort menu at the bottom, and choosing View Options

and then unchecking "Movie Preview."


Let us know how it works for you…

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iPhone Photos - iOS 18.5 - need setting to turn off album clips 'slideshow' taking up over half the screen

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