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Camera and photo access

Without me changing any of the settings, apps such as Facebook and snapchat have stopped being able to access the camera or photos, and on their setting camera and photos are not on the all I access to tab. I have tried re-downloading them but it hasn’t worked, anyone know what is going on?

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Jan 30, 2021 11:57 AM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2021 12:25 PM

If an app is not prompting you to select new photos from your gallery, here is how you can reset its photo permissions


Go to Settings > [app name] > Photos

From here you have two choices:


A)If you wish to grant the app access to all photos, select All Photos. When you switch back to the app, you will see all photos available.


or


B) If you wish to control the photo selection available to that app:

-Change Allow Photos Access setting to None.

-Back out one step from this settings page to return to the app’s settings.

-Go back into Photos and change the Allow Photos Access setting to Selected Photos.


When you switch back to your app and attempt to import a photo into it, it should now prompt you to add more photos to the selected photos made available to that app.


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Jan 30, 2021 12:25 PM in response to Idk_what_im_doing1

If an app is not prompting you to select new photos from your gallery, here is how you can reset its photo permissions


Go to Settings > [app name] > Photos

From here you have two choices:


A)If you wish to grant the app access to all photos, select All Photos. When you switch back to the app, you will see all photos available.


or


B) If you wish to control the photo selection available to that app:

-Change Allow Photos Access setting to None.

-Back out one step from this settings page to return to the app’s settings.

-Go back into Photos and change the Allow Photos Access setting to Selected Photos.


When you switch back to your app and attempt to import a photo into it, it should now prompt you to add more photos to the selected photos made available to that app.


Camera and photo access

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