2 Ways to Turn a Live Photo into Video on iPhone & iPad

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An easy guide to convert Live Photos to shareable videos
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While your iPhone's Live Photo feature offers a cool way to capture a 3-second moving image, these moving images aren’t easy to share with others. Fortunately, saving a Live Photo as a video on your iPhone or iPad only takes a few seconds.

Things You Should Know

  • To turn a Live Photo into a video, tap the three dots at the top-right corner of the photo and select "Save as Video."
  • To convert multiple Live Photos, tap "Live Photos" on the "Albums" tab, select each Live Photo, tap the three dots, then tap "Save as Video."
  • Once you convert the Live Photo to video, it's easy to share on Instagram, TikTok, and more.
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

How to Save a Live Photo as a Video

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    If the photo isn't already open, you can find your live photos by tapping the Albums tab and selecting Live Photos under the "Media Types" heading.
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    A menu will expand.
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    This instantly saves the Live Photo as a video to your camera roll.
    • To watch your new video, tap the back button, select the Albums tab, then tap the Recents album. The converted video is the most recent item in the album.
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Method 2
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How to Save Multiple Live Photos as Videos

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    If you have more than one Live Photo you want to convert to video, there's an easy way to convert multiple photos at once.
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    You'll find this under the "Media Types" heading.
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    Tap each Live Photo you want to save as a video to select it. Selected Live Photos will be labeled with blue and white checkmarks.
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    It's right next to the trash icon.
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    This saves all selected Live Photos as videos. You'll find the converted videos in your Recents album.
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