How to Hide Screenshots from Photos on iPhone [iOS 18]

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iOS 18 is one of the biggest updates in iPhone history; packing a slew of useful features and enhancements. The new software brings major redesigns not only to the home screen but also for some first-party apps, including the beloved Photos app.

Apple redesigned the Photos app with an aim to help users find photos and special moments more easily. The redesigned app offers a simplified single view that splits into two parts – Collections carrying a grid layout of your Photos library, whereas, the bottom part of the app is a customizable carousel view that gives quick access to Recent days, trips, and more albums.

Additionally, the new Photos app offers many useful filters, allowing you to filter images from years and months. Not only this, but you can also filter out screenshots from the library, which helps in making more room for important photos.

These days we love taking screenshots, whether capturing an image of new sneakers you plan to purchase or saving a snapshot of important settings or documents. Our photos library quickly fill up with these screenshots, often causing our cherished photos to become buried among them. If this happens to you always, you can try the new Photos app feature to filter out the screenshots.

Now letโ€™s dive right into the steps to hide screenshots from Photos Library on iPhone.

How to Hide Screenshots from Photos Library on iPhone

First things first, you need to update your iPhone to iOS 18, if you are on iOS 17,ย check out this guideย to install the iOS 18 beta on your iPhone. Once updated, you can perform a few simple steps to change the layout on your lock screen.

Step 1: Open the Photos app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Swipe down to enter into the Photos Library.

How to Hide Screenshots from Photos on iPhone

Step 3: At the bottom of the screen, you will see some filters, tap the button with the upside-down arrow.

Step 4: Select View Options and untick the Show Screenshots option.

How to Hide Screenshots from Photos on iPhone

These simple steps will instantly hide all screenshots from the photos library in the Photos app and you will get access to more important photos and videos.

If you want to regain access to your screenshots, then, you can follow the same steps, in the last step you need to grant the screenshots access by tapping on the Show Screenshots option.

There’s no need to delete important screenshots, the new feature now lets you filter down between regular photos and screenshots. So, this is all about the newest Photos app feature available in iOS 18.

If you still want to know anything about hiding screenshots from Photos app on iPhone, leave a comment in the comments box.

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Haneet is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of YTECHB. He has a huge passion for tinkering with latest smartphones, wearables, smart home devices, smart TVs, and more. As an avid Apple Ecosystem user, he loves customizing his iPhone and iPad to suit his needs. For tips, you can connect Haneet at haneetsingh@outlook.com In 2019, Haneet and the YTECHB team exclusively shared the wallpapers of iPhone 11 right before the launch event. In 2020, Haneet alongside his team members shared exclusive renders and official photos of two Samsung Galaxy smartphones - the Galaxy M11, and Galaxy M21. Later, the YTECHB team leaks information about Motorola's feature phones and Razr 3. In the last few months, our team shared Galaxy S24 Ultra leaks and more. You may come across with our work getting mentioned in The Times of India, India Today, Hindustan Times, NDTV, TechRadar, Digital Trends, Yahoo News, GSMArena, Android Authority, Android Central, Android Headlines, SamMobile, XDA, 9to5Google, and many other publications. He works across news, updates, features, guides, and more. If YTECHB writes about it, you can expect him to be involved in some way.

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