By default, the iPhone front camera captures selfies with a mirrored effect, displaying the image as you see it in the mirror. However, this can sometimes feel unnatural or awkward, especially when compared to how others see you. Thankfully, there’s a simple way to turn off this inverted effect and capture selfies as they truly appear.

This article discusses how to turn off mirror selfies in the camera on an iPhone to help you get more natural photos.

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How to turn off the mirror selfie?

The photos you take using your iPhone’s front camera might not match the ones you see in your Photos app. When you take a selfie, the preview looks like a mirrored image, similar to how you see yourself in a mirror. But after the photo is captured, the iPhone adjusts it to display how others would see you, correcting the mirrored effect. Only iPhones updated to iOS 14 or later have this feature.

Here are the to turn off the mirror selfie on iPhone:

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Go to the Settings app on your iPhone and tap on Camera.
Scroll down and turn the toggle off beside the Mirror Front Camera option under the Composition section.

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Flip image on older iOS versions

If your iPhone isn’t updated to iOS 14 or later, you won’t find the mirror option for the camera. To change a picture on these older iPhones, open it in the Photos app and manually flip it using the editing tools available. You can also perform these steps to flip an image on newer iOS.