How to disable slideshows in iPad Photos albums

Are you asking about the slideshow playing on top op the albums, when you open an album?

• Open the album, then tap the drop-down menu with the down arrow made of three lines,
• then tap "options" and disable the option "Large album cover".

Then you will only see the thumbnails, not a slideshow playing on top.

This screenshot is for iPadOS 27.

Settings--> Apps--> Photos

You have a number of settings you can turn on or off. I believe turning off "Show Featured Content" is what you're looking for. If you're trying to strip down the features, you'll probably turn off some of the other options as well.

In iPadOS26, the Large Key Photo is under the Filter icon

then in View Options.

You should also go to Settings>Apps>Photos?Auto-Play Motion and turn that off.

@léonie: Yes, that’s what I’m talking about, but under the albums section and not Favorites as your example shows. but those settings aren’t showing up for me under any albums, including favorites.

Is this new to iPad 27? I’m still using 26.7 and delaying updating.

That finally worked!

I don’t know if I wasn’t seeing that option or if it only shows up under certain conditions. Nevertheless, I now have the view I want rather than the large key photo taking up so much screen real estate.

Thank you, and thank you to everyone else for ‘chipping in.’

@Donkey_Hotey: That setting has already been turned off. It might be for all photos (like recents) but I don’t know what since I don’t have it turned on.

Yes, I am using iPadOS 27.

VeraMilo wrote: Thank you, and thank you to everyone else for ‘chipping in.’

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