Among the many useful new features in iPadOS 15 and iOS 15 is the new ‘Shared With You’ feature. This feature syncs and seamlessly brings to your attention items shared with you in iMessage across all your Apple devices. For example, any website link will appear in Safari, photos will appear in Photos, and even music will appear in the Apple Music app. This is a useful feature, but it can also be annoying. If you want to prevent these “shared” items from appearing everywhere, here’s how to disable Shared With You on iPhone and iPad.
How to Disable Shared with You on iPhone and iPad
The following guide covers how to completely disable Shared With You on your iPhone and iPad. However, if you prefer to delete certain entries or prevent sharing from only one or two people, use the table below to jump to the relevant section.
What is Shared With You Feature on iPhone and iPad?
If you’re new to iOS 15 and iPadOS and don’t know what Shared With You really is, read on. shared with you It is Apple’s attempt to integrate the iMessage app with other native apps like Apple Music, Safari, and more. The Shared With You feature reads any links or media your contacts may have sent and puts them in the Shared With You section of another supported app.
E.g – If your friend sends you a link to an interesting article, the same link will be shown in the Shared With You section of Safari. You can easily visit the page by clicking this link. The same goes for tracks shared via Apple music or any other media. Shared With You is an interesting new way to minimize confusion and gather all relevant media from your friends and family in one place.
Why You May Want to Turn Off What’s Shared With You On Your iPhone and iPad
While Shared With You is an excellent feature to facilitate communication, it also has its downsides. One of its greatest features is that shared links do not disappear after you open them. So you can have months of shared links even if you don’t want them there. There are other reasons you might want to disable sharing with you altogether. Some of those:
1. To Stop Apps Clutter
As mentioned above, the new Shared With You has a frustrating habit of hiding and displaying any relevant links your contacts may have shared. If you’re a frequent user of the Messages app, this can quickly clutter up your other apps, including the Safari browser. If you’re someone who doesn’t want your Safari start page to be full of random links, you might want to turn this feature off.
2. How Not to Slow Down Your iPhone and iPad
While devices like the iPhone and iPad are great at managing their memory and storage, any extra content added will only help slow them down. If you’re an Apple user with top performance as their top priority, consider disabling this feature entirely.
3. You Don’t Like Content Shared By Your Friends
If you don’t like the content that your friends or family have shared with you, you can turn this feature off to make sure it doesn’t reflect on your other apps. This will not only keep them out of sight, but also clean up other apps a bit.
How to Disable Shared with You on iPhone and iPad
Now that you are aware of what this new feature does, you can turn it off if the above or other reasons make sense to you. The steps remain the same for iPhone and iPad so follow the below and turn the feature off on both devices.
one. Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Scroll to find and tap on it. Messages application.
3. shared with you section to open its settings.
4. Auto Sharing setting to disable the feature completely.
And that’s it. The Shared With You feature is now completely disabled and you will no longer see any links or media shared with you. You can see this change happen by noticing that the Shared With You tab has disappeared from apps like Safari, Apple Music, Apple TV, and Photos. But keep in mind that if you pin any content yourself, the process will look like this.
How To Turn Off What’s Shared With You For Selective Apps
Turning this feature off completely is a good idea for users who don’t want any distractions. However, you might want something like the Safari app to keep showing links your friends will share while excluding others; that means you don’t want to disable the whole feature. Well, it doesn’t matter which app you want to close/open, you can do the same in settings. Follow these steps on your iPhone or iPad and get to work:
one. Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Scroll to find and tap on it. Messages application.
3. shared with you section to open its settings.
4. Under applications You will notice in the section. separate passes for each supported application. Turn off what you want and leave what you want on.
And you’re done. Apps you choose to leave open will still receive any links or media your contacts have shared with you, while others will not. You can choose to repeat the steps above and make any adjustments in the future.
How To Turn Off What’s Shared With You For A Specific Person
If you enjoy using the Shared With You feature on your iPhone or iPad but only a few people make the experience boring for you, there is a way to stop it. No matter what you do, don’t worry that your friends or colleagues won’t know that you have disabled this feature especially for them. So, if you want to restrict a specific person’s links from being displayed on your tab, follow these steps to do so:
one. Messages app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap . person’s chat You want to restrict.
3. top To bring in contact cards
4. Scroll down until you see its details. Show in Shared With Joyful choice. Once found, simply turn it off.
This will do. Now none of the links or media shared by the restricted person will be displayed in other apps. You can continue to chat with them as before and open their link from the Messages app itself. Also, as before, if you pin a particular message or media from this conversation, it will still be displayed.
How to Delete Specific Entries Shared with You
All of the above methods have their own way to help you disable the Shared With You setting depending on what type of user you are. However, you may be an iPhone or iPad user who really likes all of its stuff but only has issues with certain inputs. In cases like this and more, you’ll be pleased to know that you can remove certain entries from any of the compatible apps. So, if you are bothered by a certain shared link or media, you can easily remove it by following the steps below. As always, the steps work for both iPhone and iPad.
1. Open the app you want to remove the entry for. This could be Apple Music, Apple TV, Safari or Photos. make your way shared with you tab. If you’re using Apple Music, Listen now tab.
2nd. Press and hold for a second the name of the person who shared it and a drop down list will open.
4. Tap Remove Link it is removed from the list and disappears immediately.
You can choose to follow the steps above to specifically remove as many entries as you want. But note that this will not remove the actual message from the Messages app so you can navigate to the specific chat and go to the link. Also, if you find yourself removing everything, we recommend disabling the feature completely to save headaches.
Bonus: You can also disable what’s shared with you on macOS Monterey by simply going to the Messages app and selecting ‘Preferences’ from the menu bar. Here you can also completely disable sharing with you on your Mac.
Customize What’s Shared with You
The guide above will help you customize this useful feature to your liking. If you’re an avid iPhone or iPad user, there are a number of additional features you can try. If you want more fun you can play lossless music on your iPhone or opt for iOS 15’s Built-in Password Authenticator for more functionality. iPad users should leverage the power of QuickNote to simplify note-taking, and finally, use the new widgets on their device.