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Why are my shared links and photos missing after updating to iOS 18?

Updated my phone to ios18 today and now my shared links and photos in individual text messages are gone. Where did that option go? If this has disappeared completely this is a completely bad and faulty option on Apple’s part to get rid of. Please help tell me how to get that back.


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iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 4:36 PM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2024 3:22 AM

Here’s the fix:


Go to Settings>Apps>Messages

Click on Siri and turn all those settings off and then back on again.


Then go back to the previous menu and click on Search. Turn all those settings off and back on again also.


Now when you go back to your photos in your messages, you will see a message saying the phone is indexing all your messages. Give it some time. It might take a few hours or even a whole day, but all your photos in your messages should come back eventually.

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Why are my shared links and photos missing after updating to iOS 18?

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