How to Stop Showing Contacts in Share Sheet on Apple iPhone

When trying to share something on Apple iPhone running iOS operating system, the device shows a sharing sheet with lots of options for the user to choose from ranging from actions to apps to contacts.

If you’re one of those users who don’t share too much directly with other contacts, Apple’s contact suggestions when you press the share button take up a lot of screen space. Luckily, the company allows users to turn off the shopping feature by displaying contact suggestions in the share sheet.

In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show you how to quickly and easily turn off recently or frequently used contacts on the share sheet when you try to share something from your Apple iPhone.

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How to Stop Showing Contacts in Share Sheet on Apple iPhone

Step 1: Open the Settings app on your Apple iPhone.

2nd step: When the app opens, tap on the “Siri & Search” option from the list.

Step 3: In the Siri & Search settings, turn off the “Show When Sharing” option in the Apple Suggestions section.

That’s it. When you have followed this step-by-step guide, the contact list on the share sheet will be disabled on your Apple iPhone and will not show up when you try to share something from the device. This means you won’t get the recently used or frequently used contacts suggestion when you try to share something and you have to select the app from the list and start the sharing process with the person you want to share.

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