---
title: "Hide Screenshots From Your Camera Roll on iPhone"
description: "Switch PicWay’s Photos tab to Life to hide screenshots, screen recordings, GIFs, and non-camera images that look like receipts or IDs. Nothing is deleted."
url: "https://picway.app/hide-screenshots-from-camera-roll/"
lang: "en"
type: "feature"
updated: "2026-11-01"
published: "2026-11-01"
---

# Hide Screenshots From Your Camera Roll on iPhone

URL: https://picway.app/hide-screenshots-from-camera-roll/
Markdown: https://picway.app/hide-screenshots-from-camera-roll/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

On iOS 18 and later, the iPhone Photos app can hide screenshots: open View Options (on iOS 26 and later, tap the Sort and Filter button; on iOS 18, swipe down on the grid and tap the Filter button), then tap Screenshots. PicWay’s Life view hides more in one switch. In PicWay’s Photos tab, switch from All to Life to hide screenshots, screen recordings, animated images, and images that weren’t taken with a camera whose text looks like a receipt, ID or document. Nothing is deleted. If PicWay isn’t sure, the photo stays in Life, and you can touch and hold any photo to add it to Life or remove it.

## Just your photos. No screenshots in the way. {#top}

Switch the Photos tab from All to Life. Screenshots, screen recordings and GIFs step aside. Nothing is deleted.

## Your photos are in there. They’re just buried. {#buried}

Screenshots, receipts, screen recordings and GIFs land in the same grid as your trips and your friends. Finding one photo means scrolling past all of them.

## What does the Life view hide? {#what}

Life hides these from the Photos tab grid. They stay in your library, and All still shows everything.

## How do I see only my photos? {#how}

Open the Photos tab and tap the All | Life switch at the top. A note at the top of the grid says how many screenshots and documents are hidden. Tap Show to see everything again.

- Touch and hold All at the bottom of the Photos tab to pick another view: Other, Travel, Moments, Albums or Favorites
- Other shows only what Life hides

## What if it gets one wrong? {#fix}

- **Touch and hold to fix it**: In the All grid, touch and hold a photo, then tap Remove from Life or Add to Life. It moves right away.
- **See why it’s hidden**: Open the photo and swipe up for info. It says why, such as “Screenshot · hidden in Life” or “Looks like a receipt, ID or document.”
- **Your fix wins**: What you mark beats PicWay’s own guess, so a photo you added to Life stays there.

## Can’t the Photos app hide screenshots? {#vs-photos}

It can. On iOS 18 and later, open View Options in Photos and tap Screenshots. On iOS 26 and later, View Options is under the Sort and Filter button; on iOS 18, swipe down on the grid and tap the Filter button. Here’s what each one does, per Apple’s iPhone User Guide.

## What Life doesn’t do {#limits}

- **It doesn’t delete**: Life only hides. Everything stays in your library and shows up again in All.
- **It stays in the Photos tab**: Life only changes the Photos tab grid. Album pages and search still show everything.
- **It doesn’t upload**: Everything happens on your iPhone, and your photos aren’t uploaded.