Turn off auto enhance on Instagram iPhone 15 Pro etc.

I am experiencing this same issue! Just got the iphone 15 yesterday. Did you figure out a permanent solution to insta auto enhancing your photos?

I searched a few forum sites and I think I found the solution. Before uploading photos, turn your iPhone into low power mode. it really works.

I’m also having this issue but only with my public instagram account. My photos don’t auto enhance on my private account. I can’t find out why or a fix for this!

This low battery mode turn off really helped. Thanks a lot to whoever who cracked this 🤣🥳

This actually works thank you!!

Just got my new iphone 15 pro and have tried all the hacks...lower power mode, most compatible mode (so camera takes jpegs and not HEIF), reinstalled Instagram. Currently I recently logged out of IG and reinstalled it and logged back in and so far my photos don't end up all blurry and pixalated. Weird that everyone says low power mode works or solves it but it didn't for me??? Also weird that all the pics look fine while I'm editing in IG but once I go to upload and add a caption it becomes blurry and pixalated!!! Looks horrendous! Any new ideas? I kinda want my old iphone 8 back lol!

I am experiencing the same thing in my iphone 15 pro. But what i have found is, if the photo is taken without any filter,i.e., vivid or any else, it does not enhance the photo while posting on instagram. Or if i have edited it in other app, it does not enhance the pictures. Idk why this is happening, but i need it to be solved.

Hi, have you found any solution to the problem? I am also struggling here from the same issue :/

This works—thank you! I have no idea why putting my phone into low power mode should correct this issue, but I'm grateful for this workaround so my posted pictures aren't all ruined by that horrible default AI auto-filtering. And I don't know whether it's Apple or Instagram causing it, but I am glad to have a way to stop it! The implicit assumption seems to be that we all take horrible photos that always need "fixing"?? Really unfortunate decision on some tech team's part. 🙄

My photo got automatically saturated ( kind of pinkish filter) before posting it . I am using iPhone 15 pro .. I don’t know whether it will be resolved in upcoming updates. Putting in low power mode also works for me , but it’s weird !!!

Hi there michaplot,

You'll want to be sure to review the information in this support article for guidance on how to best capture photos using macro on your iPhone camera: Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera - Apple Support

Regarding the automatic photo enhancement you mentioned, is this only happening when posting photos on Instagram? If so, you'd want to reach out to Instagram's support team for more help with how photos appear in their app: How to contact an app developer - Apple Support

If not, and this behavior persists, you'll want to reach out to Apple Support directly for further assistance. They're better equipped to take a closer look at the issue and provide some additional guidance. This link will help you get started: Apple Support

Take care.

If you delete the Intstagram app and reinstall, the issue goes away. It comes back, so I’m not sure what the permanent solution is but it’s a workaround.

Hi everyone. The same issue happens to me, unfortunately. Can't tell if it's 100% accurate but it seems that I solved it before the latest (iOS 18) update, I've just missed the moment when this issues came back again.

As it was already mentioned, I disabled the HDR setting in the settings of my iPhone (15 Pro).

BUT! I've found that there's such setting in the Instagram too: go to Instagram > click on your profile in the bottom right corner > press the hamburger menu (in the top right corner) > scroll down to the "Your app and media" section > press "Media quality". In my case there are three toggle selectors, all of them are disabled. But pay attention to the last one called "Disable display of HDR media" - it's now activated by default, which basically means that the HDR option is enabled in Instagram. Once I activated the "Disable display of HDR media" the issue seemed to had been resolved until recently. Now I'm getting the same problem again, and yes, activating the "Low power mode" helps for some weird reason. I think this is the iOS issue, not the Instagram's.

Furthermore, here are some of my find outs:

1. If you open the image in Snapseed and without any changes press "Export" - there's an option "Export" which saves a JPG copy with permanent changes. Such copy doesn't seem to be auto enhanced in Instagram. Works as a workaround.
2. The same issue happens in the iPhones photo editor: just try to open the image in the editor and press "Markup" - as the result the image gets auto-enhanced. I believe this is the problem in the iOS system that causes such behavior.

-Max

Had the same issue!

If you post to Instagram directly from photos, the weird filtering doesn't happen.