How to revert iOS 17 beta install?

I stupidly installed the beta version which has changed a very important alert on my iphone. I wanted to go back to ios 16. I don’t have a computer only an ipad and iphone

The instructions given on Apple’s webpage about how to do this are not available on my iphone Have been in contact with Apple and been told its because they are still being looked at and sorted out. So why have them on their webpage as an option?

I'm reluctant to reset my iphone as I’m not sure if when I restore it from backup it will be from ios17

i’ve been told all i can do is wait for the install of non beta ios 17. Apple can’t even give me a date

its really disappointing and not what i would have expected from Apple

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iPhone 12 mini, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 7:46 AM

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lkrupp

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Posted on Oct 8, 2023 11:26 AM

Okay, the straight answer. You can never go back to iOS 16, ever. You can remove yourself from the beta program and update to the release version of iOS 17.0.3 but you cannot go back. Not possible. Restoring your iPhone from a backup does NOT restore the previous version of iOS. Only your data is backed up, not your version of iOS. The restoration will always result in the latest iOS version being installed. And that is what the links you provided say.

So perhaps if you point out to us the important alert that has changed we can help. Otherwise we appear to be finished here.

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