Have you noticed your iPhone videos keep playing on repeat in the Photos app? In iOS 18.2 and later, the stock Photos app automatically replays videos until you manually pause them – a feature that might be fine at first but can quickly become annoying, especially with longer clips.

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The auto-loop feature can be fun for short clips or when showing someone a quick video, but it forces you to take action to stop each video rather than letting it end naturally. It can be disruptive when you're browsing through multiple short clips in your library, and proves particularly annoying when viewing longer content where you likely don't want to see the same three-minute video play twice in a row.

Fortunately, Apple provides a simple toggle to disable the behavior:

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Scroll down and tap through to Apps ➝ Photos.
  3. Scroll until you find the Loop Videos option.
  4. Toggle the switch to the OFF position.

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That's all you need to do. Videos in your Photos app will now play once and then stop automatically. No more endless replays.

If you prefer videos not to play automatically at all when you open them, there's a related setting you can adjust. In the same Settings menu, toggle off the Auto-Play Motion option, and videos will stay still until you manually press the play button.

Top Rated Comments

Plerf Avatar
15 weeks ago
Oh, thank Kier. I hated that auto repeat.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Veinticinco Avatar
15 weeks ago
Add this to the growing iOS list of "things that really should be default/opt-in as opposed to opt-out".
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jeffhayford Avatar
15 weeks ago
This will be off by default in the next update.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
15 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Minato1990 Avatar
15 weeks ago
I love that auto loop!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DigitalAR Avatar
15 weeks ago
I’ve always thought that Apple doing this every iOS update, you know, slowly modifying the photos app slightly worse and calling it revolutionary is a prime example of how the customer never truly owns the device and how Apple doesn’t actually care for the consumer as much as they care about profits. And I mean that because they have to compete against other smartphone rivals and changing it makes it seem new, although we all know that the prime photos app was at its most wonderful numerous iOS iterations ago.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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