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How to hide / remove / disable contacts on iPhone sharing menu

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Did you ever accidentally send your photos or videos to unintended recipients? Or did you ever send some other documents to a wrong party just because you accidentally press one of the suggested contacts on the iPhone sharing pop-up menu?

Have you ever accidentally sent something to the wrong person? If yes, follow this guide to avoid sending to the wrong person in the future.

That’s not cool for sure and perhaps put you on the akward situation.
Well, luckily there’s a simple way to disable, hide or remove the suggested contacts from the iPhone sharing pop-up menu. Here’s how.


Here’s how to disable contacts row on iPhone when sharing

Follow these simple steps to disable, hide or remove contacts suggestion from your iPhone when you are sharing something.


Go to Settings > Siri & Search.

1) On your iPhone, go to Settings > Siri & Search.


2) Inside Siri & Search setting, go to SUGGESTIONS FROM APPLE section.


3) Under SUGGESTIONS FROM APPLE, find “Show When Sharing” and turn it off.

Turn off “Show When Sharing” to disable suggested contacts

That’s it. Now give it a try. You should not see nor get any contacts suggestion anymore when sharing something from your iPhone.


Bring it all together

Very simple steps isn’t it? Please do it now to avoid another akward nor unintended situation. In case you encountered any difficulties and/or have queries, don’t hesitate to put your queries or thoughts on the comment section down below. I’ll be happy to assist.

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