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Disable contact picture in chat window of Messages app?

DaViD_BRaNDoN

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How to disable contact picture in chat window of Messages app? Prefer having just the contact name (like in iOS 9).
 

Ledsteplin

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You would have to delete the contact out of contacts. It you just delete the pic, it will still show a letter. You can replace the pic with anything. Even a solid white photo.
 

apercele79

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I agree, annoying as hell, especially since I have zero contact pics. I'm hoping the next software update will resolve this
 

CyreneK

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I asked to have this only as an option early on in the beta. I don't like it either and found myself assigning pictures to my contacts because I hate those initials
 

Ledsteplin

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I asked to have this only as an option early on in the beta. I don't like it either and found myself assigning pictures to my contacts because I hate those initials

Why not use a solid white image in place of a profile pic? No photo, no letters. Just white.
Here's what it looks like if you use a white image in place of a profile pic.
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vp_ortiz

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No, I've already done that. I would prefer to not have an avatar showing at the top of each thread. I only want the name.

Oh ok got it. Yeah... it's something that Apple needs to add as an option for the next update.
 

apercele79

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That SHOW CONTACT PHOTOS option is totally useless I guess. If it's ON or OFF, you still get either a picture (if you have one) or an initial (if u dont have one)

I added my first picture for a contact just to see if the pic is off when I shut off SHOW CONTACT PHOTOS yet the picture still shows. Why even have that option if it does nothing? :))))
 

CyreneK

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That SHOW CONTACT PHOTOS option is totally useless I guess. If it's ON or OFF, you still get either a picture (if you have one) or an initial (if u dont have one)

I added my first picture for a contact just to see if the pic is off when I shut off SHOW CONTACT PHOTOS yet the picture still shows. Why even have that option if it does nothing? :))))

Because it is only an option for the conversation list, not the thread.