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J_Winner101
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Messages stickers automatically save to Photos and reappear after deletion

Everytime someone sends a sticker to me through texts, it gets automatically saved as a photo in the Photos App. When I delete them, they just come back a little while later. How do I stop this?

Posted on Sep 30, 2026 8:46 AM

1 reply

léonie
User level: Level 10 (205,585 points)

Sep 30, 2026 9:14 AM in response to J_Winner101

To prevent photos from messages being saved to Photos you may want to disable "Settings > Messages > Shared with you".


The the items sent to you in Messages will no longer be shown automatically in Photos.


Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256367937