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I have tried to Google it, but I don't seem to get the terms correct and it takes me to other useless or outdated information.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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iPhone Photos - iOS 18.5 - need setting to turn off album clips 'slideshow' taking up over half the screen

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