iOS 18 Disable Video Looping in Photos App?

This video looping in the Photos app

Updating my software is supposed to make the phone better not worse. I spent a lot of time making a certain video to listen to when I go to sleep. Now it keeps playing on and on.

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Couldn't agree more. I had a hard time finding my Favorites, had to search the community for how to do it. Then I had to figure out how to turn off "preview" in my photo library after I tried to show someone a photo and it had jumped to the next photo before she could see it.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of "Movie" view when I open a folder, as I accidentally clicked on "Movie" instead of "Photo" in a folder of my photo library, resulting in unwanted music playing in the middle of a meeting. Is there any way to hide that option?

iPhone 13. Video playback in iOS 18.1.1 is looped. In addition, the

video is saved in silent mode. Is the only option to wait for Apple to

respond? The situation is very frustrating. You can go crazy watching a

looping video. When Apple will be ready to do something to eliminate the

problems (looping and recording in silent mode). The video can be

listened to when I manually activate the crossed out speaker on the

screen, but I can't do anything about looping.

Agreed! Please either remove auto-looping replay on videos in the Photos app - or - add the ability to disable it. It is wholly annoying and useless. We use videos for audio during singing auditions and performances and to have to ask the moderator or audition manager to close out of the Photos app the second the song is over is ridiculous and not usually possible.

You got my hopes up. I’m in iOS 18.1.1 and no such option. There’s “auto play motion” which I turned off, but didn’t stop video looping. I turned back on as may relate to those photos showing motion. Looks like they did have an off switch that disappeared on the update…. Thx though

Why would Apple assume that would be the default action a majority of users would want to take? It doesn't even make sense. It's ******* me off every time I try to play one of my videos to figure out how I want to edit them. Or even just to view them. So annoying. They change things just to prove their jobs are needed.

Definitely DISLIKE this new feature of auto-looping of videos! Who thought it was necessary?! Who NEVER considered giving an option to use or NOT! Please revise and give us an option!

There were so many changes but this was the worse in this particular update.

Everyone, manually update to iOS 18.2, apps, photos, and you can now toggle off video loop. I don’t know why I wasn’t prompted to update or why it didn’t automatically (per my setting). The prompt used to be very visible. Anyway I think it’s settings/top choice Apple account/General/software update and it’s there. We did it. Closure. cheers…!

janetfromalbany wrote:

I see that some have gotten 18.2 and claim there is a fix but I don't have 18.2 yet. This thread started in September and I didn't get 18 until a couple of weeks ago in December. I don't know how Apple decides who to update and when but I hope I don't have to wait months for a fix.

Apple releases the updates to everyone who has eligible hardware on the same day. The update was released yesterday. What time during the day it might have become available to you will depend on where in the world you live. I'm on the East Coast of the U.S., and it was early afternoon. For some reason, the update to Sequoia showed up later.

I agree! Apple please provide a simple global

option for this!

wider: please stop making major design changes that eliminate previous options or behavior! This new behavior is so annoying I'd be amazed no one commented in your early test releases!

Top of this page, click preferences, then click off the wish to get all responses ("participation"). It seems you're going to disable for any other discussions as well, but it's all I've found. Unless this is what you meant by "unsubscribed."

Hello~ If you have posted into a thread more than once or at all for that matter simply “unsubscribing” all preferences defeats the purpose of participating here. This is a known issue in these forums. I have found that tapping the bell at upper right then refreshing or browse (repeating) and coming back as many times as you have posted until the bell is no longer solid in color is a workaround. If you have posted 20 times then you have your work cut out for you until this issue is resolved.

~Katana-San~

Hello~ The Author of this question was just well…asking a question. They didn’t develop anything. Anyway it’s a moot point now as it’s be resolved and the answer has been posted here many times . Take care.

~Katana-San~

I’ve had nothing but unwanted changes since I installed IOS 18 on my phone. Hate the video looping, don’t like the new photo format, and texting options like before. How can this be a good update? What’s worse is now that it’s installed, it shouldn’t be removed (as per Apple advisors) and it can’t be returned to former applications. Total disaster!

I would like to undo the whole of the latest update. So many glitches and less easy to use in general. Biggest bugbear is video looping. This has to be fixed. I have a chronic condition and use relaxation recordings - but have to unrelax to turn the replay of the video off. Grrr