Many of the new features in iOS 16 are a welcome addition to Apple’s latest mobile operating system, especially the fully customizable lock screen and the ability to unsend and edit text messages. However, some of these new additions, as well as older ones, are not always universally loved. For example, Apple doesn’t allow you to delete built-in apps, even if you never use them. Eventually, Apple reconsidered the decision, and you can now delete any app on iOS, but there are still other annoying features.
Fortunately, there is a way to get rid of or disable some of the more annoying features and settings in iOS 16. Let’s take a closer look below!
Stop Featured Photos and Memories from popping up on your iPhone
Apple’s artificial intelligence helps you display the photos and videos you might want to see everywhere on your iPhone, as friendly reminders for family vacations, couples photos and vacations—but you might not always want your personal photos to be unexpected Pops, especially if they are personal, embarrassing, or inappropriate.
Luckily, in iOS 16, you can now prevent Featured Photos and a Featured Collection called Memories from appearing in the Photos widget on the Home screen, as well as Search and Suggested for You in Photos section.
To block these custom photos, launch the Settings app, go to Photos and turn off “Show Featured Content”. All featured content will no longer appear on your device, but will only be available in your photo library and albums.
Prevent side keys from accidentally ending a call
The side/power button on the side of your iPhone lets you quickly sleep and wake your device, but if you accidentally press it during a call, you’ll end the call prematurely. If this is something you’ve encountered in the past, iOS 16 finally allows you to prevent that from happening.
In Settings, go to Accessibility > Touch and turn off “Lock End Call” to prevent the side button from ending a call. If you accidentally press the side button, your screen will go to sleep, but you will continue to receive calls without interruption.
Remove search button from home screen
Search on iPhone lets you quickly find what you’re looking for, whether it’s text messages, third-party apps, files, notes, and locations—just about anything on your device or on the web. The best thing about this feature is that it’s easily accessible from the home screen; all you need to do is swipe down anywhere on the screen and it will appear.
iOS 16 also adds another way to access Search from the home screen, via a small button just above the Dock. Unfortunately, it’s easy to accidentally trigger because it’s close to where your thumb might move as you swipe between the various home pages.
Luckily, like many new features on iOS 16, this one can also be disabled. Just launch the settings app, go to the home screen and turn off show on home screen to remove the search button from the home screen.
Go back to the old lock screen notifications
Apple‘s latest redesign brings widgets to the lock screen, customizable fonts and colors, a gallery of wallpapers and stylized date and time, and an overlooked notification change. Notifications now no longer appear at the top of the lock screen, but at the bottom, which you can then tap to go full screen.
However, not everyone is happy with the change. If you want to go back to how notifications are displayed on iOS 15, launch the Settings app and go to Notifications > Display As. Then you will see three options:
Count: Notifications appear as numbered counts at the bottom of the screen.
Stack: Notifications appear in a stack at the bottom of the screen.
List: Notifications appear entirely on your screen.
To return to the old notification style, select the list option.
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