Can I turn live photo off permanently?
Many people have Live Photos enabled without even realizing it, so to start, let's take a look at how to permanently turn off the feature. Navigate to the Settings app. Switch the toggle next to Live Photos off. (Green means on.
Why does live photos keep turning back on?
That's because the setting is "preserve Live Photo settings in Camera", i.e. if you turn off that setting, Live Photo will come back automatically after some time since it won't preserve your previous Live Photo settings (i.e. off) in Camera.