Is there a way to completely disable the liquid glass functionality on iOS 26? I'm not going to get into a lengthy diatribe over why it's awful, I just want it gone.
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
There is no way to completely disable the Liquid Glass effect in iOS 26, but you can reduce its impact by going to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turning on Reduce Transparency. This will make the interface less transparent, but it won't remove the effect entirely.
Except it does kind of diminish those getting headaches and nauseated by these changes which seem pretty ugly and lame (illness inducement aside).
This issue needs to be fixed, asap. All this advice about changing all these settings just to get it to look halfway decent again is not a solution.
You have to fix this and let us take off Liquid Glass. I no longer can see my phone without glasses.
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I was already hesitating to update my iPhone 16 but I did today and I regretted it the liquid glass is miserable I really cant use my phone and i started thinking to sell this one
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Totally agree. Its awful!
There is no way to do so. Turning on 'reduce transparency' ( settings -accessiblity - display and text size - reduce transparency ) will fill the notification/now playing background with a dark overlay. You cannot change that color whatsoever, so you are basically stuck on dark mode while on your lock screen. I HATE this feature and would love to have the option to COMPLETELY turn off the liquid glass effect.
There's no off switch but however what I did is I went to settings-accessability-display & text size and reduced transparency and if that still isn't okay for you I would recommend scrolling down (same settings) and reducing white points atleast by 50% or however you like. It makes the icons less "shiny" in a way
azwinnieQ wrote:
I want a way to turn off Liquid Glass. I cannot “see” the display as easily as before. I updated my iPhone 16 as well as my iPad Pro, to IOS 26 and am very disappointed. Please fix this with an update to give us a choice.
You can reduce the transparency if that helps you at Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency. Every year there are users who do not like any changes, that is not unusual. The UI is a central part of any OS, and not something that you can just turn on/off with a switch to revert back to the previous UI. Others like it too:
You have to fix this and let us take off Liquid Glass.
1. There is nothing to fix.
2. This is a user to user forum, Apple is not here
There are 29 pages of answers which you obviously didn't read before posting another "me too" answer so I'll make it easy for you. Read the following information to help with your issue -
Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
If you still want to let Apple know, go here -
Tony_Pistilli wrote:
No off switch. Very upsetting I want an off switch so bad but apparently Apple said no cause Liquid Glass is “hard coded into the OS” like man… at least let us downgrade or something idk I’m just so desperate to get this thing gone. You don’t understand how close I am to switching to samsung
Switch to Samsung. We don't care. We're all users here like you on this user to user only forum. But please look before you leap. Samsung, which uses Googles Android OS is also employing many of the design characteristics you seem so desperate to escape and it's called Material Design 3.
Or you can read this ALL the way through and try the various options, which will likely help you --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Tony_Pistilli wrote:
No off switch. Very upsetting I want an off switch so bad but apparently Apple said no cause Liquid Glass is “hard coded into the OS” like man… at least let us downgrade or something idk I’m just so desperate to get this thing gone. You don’t understand how close I am to switching to samsung
Hello~ We are your fellow forum members and not Apple. We don’t really care what brand of phone you choose. One bit of information though …you’re likely to find variations of this type of view on most phones now. Read thru this…
Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Let Apple know your thoughts as they get paid to listen to complaints whereas we volunteers don’t. Have a nice day!!
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My iPhone 16 just updated to IOS26 - oh dear wish I could reverse out, however we have to keep with the security updates.
1) I had the universe (night sky with stars) Home Screen wallpaper prior to IOS upgrade, if I keep it I can't change the liquid glass time display font to how it used to be - I get error message "Failed to load Asset". I have to use one of the new available wallpapers then I can change the font to be solid and similar to as it was before.
2) Lots of my other text fonts changed - especially reading emails - luckily worked out how to change back to something resembling sensible font and contrast.
3) Why have searches been moved from the top to the bottom of the screen?
4) Selecting text from within WhatsApp message - used to be able to do straight away, now tap on text and get menu options, have to then release and tap again to be able to copy the text. Just another unnecessary change.
In summary - over-engineering comes to mind, and/or artistic beyond supporting prime function. Should be an option to turn liquid glass on or off -- so those who just want to get on and use their phone without esoteric text effects can do so.
5) When in Contacts and looking at an address the screen turns off far too quickly so I have to tap the screen to stop the App exiting...whilst I'm attempting to write the address on an envelope...I don't recall it being so quick to exit in the past. Frustrating when doing my Xmas cards.
The more unnecessarily complex a system gets the more risk of bugs. Also harder for the user to manage the device with unwanted features with settings buried in settings somewhere. I wonder if you try these new features out on "average people in the street" who are not experts in iPhone menu options!! Best to put the effort where it's needed - verification & validation. Adopt the KISS principle for best UX.
How to disable liquid glass in iOS 26?
