Photos no longer show location in details

When swiping up on photos to look at details on iPhone, I used to see the location it was taken on a map at the bottom. I’ve noticed recently that this no longer appears. Is there any reason for this?


This is one of my favourite features of the photo app, being able to look at other photos taken in the same location with a couple of clicks.


iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Apr 25, 2025 03:23 AM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2025 10:23 PM

Removing face ID fixed the problem. Hopefully this gets fixed soon

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Apr 25, 2025 01:11 PM in response to tobyhwells

Do I understand that you have pictures that you see in Photos, but they don't show their locations--even though you are sure that they have GPS data? We're hearing that this can be some sort of glitch that sometimes happens when a phone has been set to use Face ID to control Hidden and Recently Deleted views. 


At Settings>Apps>Photos


Turn OFF the "Use Face ID" switch. Mine is on, because this doesn't seem to affect my 16. This seems to leave Hidden and Recently Deleted unsecured, so you may want to turn "Show Hidden Album" off, as well.


It's possible that you will need to do a forced restart: 

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

This is different from a simple Power Off. I had to continue holding the button down past the "slide to power off" message, and then I released the button only after  the Apple Logo appeared indicating a re-start. 


See if this works for you. If it does, let us know, and leave feedback here:

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