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How to disable live photo permanently?

Is there any way to permanently disable Live Photos? Because I don't like Live Photos

Posted on Oct 15, 2017 11:31 AM

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Posted on Feb 16, 2018 10:37 PM

I also kept finding the Live Photo’s back on even after doing this: “Turn Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Live Photo on. Then when you turn Live Photo off in the camera app it will stay off (i.e., the Off setting will be preserved)”. What I finally discovered is that for it to work, you ALSO have to disable Camera Mode under Preserve Settings as it reads “Preserve the last mode, such as Video or Square, rather than automatically reset to Photo”. After doing BOTH of the above it now keeps Live Photos off. Hope this helps!

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Feb 16, 2018 10:37 PM in response to bigdogfur

I also kept finding the Live Photo’s back on even after doing this: “Turn Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Live Photo on. Then when you turn Live Photo off in the camera app it will stay off (i.e., the Off setting will be preserved)”. What I finally discovered is that for it to work, you ALSO have to disable Camera Mode under Preserve Settings as it reads “Preserve the last mode, such as Video or Square, rather than automatically reset to Photo”. After doing BOTH of the above it now keeps Live Photos off. Hope this helps!

Oct 22, 2017 11:33 AM in response to andrebarragat

I am having this problem as well, but even doing that with the preserve settings under the camera is not stopping it. It's driving me insane, as I find live photos annoying and useless. All they do is take up extra space on my phone. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of space available, but I'd have a lot more if this would stop. So annoying. It was much easier when you simply turned it off when you were using the camera and it didn't turn back on unless you wanted it to be on and turned it on yourself. They always seem to get this stuff backwards from what real people prefer.......

Feb 16, 2018 10:46 PM in response to nanfromencinitas

I also kept finding the Live Photo’s back on even after doing this: “Turn Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Live Photo on. Then when you turn Live Photo off in the camera app it will stay off (i.e., the Off setting will be preserved)”. What I finally discovered is that for it to work, you ALSO have to disable Camera Mode under Preserve Settings as it reads “Preserve the last mode, such as Video or Square, rather than automatically reset to Photo”. After doing BOTH of the above it now keeps Live Photos off. Hope this helps!

8Plus running iOS 11.2.5

Feb 16, 2018 10:42 PM in response to bigdogfur

I also kept finding the Live Photo’s back on even after doing this: “Turn Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Live Photo on. Then when you turn Live Photo off in the camera app it will stay off (i.e., the Off setting will be preserved)”. What I finally discovered is that for it to work, you ALSO have to disable Camera Mode under Preserve Settings as it reads “Preserve the last mode, such as Video or Square, rather than automatically reset to Photo”. After doing BOTH of the above it now keeps Live Photos off. Hope this helps!

8Plus running iOS 11.2.5

How to disable live photo permanently?

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