How can I disable image suggestions in dictionary lookups on iPhone?

Hey guys English is not my first language and sometimes I came across words I don’t know I just select it and kick “look up” and it came up with dictionaries. Recently there’s images from certain websites automatically showing. Today I licked on a word I don’t know and apparently it’s also a name to a horror movie and then there’s the image (jump scare, zero warning) and it scared the **** out of me. What can I do? There’s not always an image but if there is one I won’t be able to pre-know and it’s annoying. Can I turn it off somewhere or suggests Apple not to do that? Also when I look up certain symptoms there’s gore and disturbing images as well PLZ HELP



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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Mar 26, 2025 2:35 PM

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Mar 30, 2025 3:52 AM in response to matilde193

The "Look Up" feature pulls information from various sources, including web-based dictionaries and knowledge graphs. It's challenging for iOS developers to automatically filter out all potentially disturbing images.


The definition of "disturbing" is subjective. What one person finds upsetting, another might not.



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