diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
index afbcff2bf3..5ae3c9b901 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/AppGroup.swift
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public func registerGroupDefaults() {
         GROUP_DEFAULT_INITIAL_RANDOM_DB_PASSPHRASE: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_APP_LOCAL_AUTH_ENABLED: true,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_ALLOW_SHARE_EXTENSION: false,
-        GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_LINK_PREVIEWS: false,
+        GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_LINK_PREVIEWS: true,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_ACCEPT_IMAGES: true,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_TRANSFER_IMAGES_INLINE: false,
         GROUP_DEFAULT_PRIVACY_ENCRYPT_LOCAL_FILES: true,