iOS 17.1.1 Home Screen wallpaper blur effect not working

After updating my iPhone to iOS 17.1.1 i've figured out that the blur effect on Home Screen wallpaper isn't working anymore. Even after reboot my phone, changing the picture or turning OFF/ON the blur effect.

iPhone 12, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 17, 2023 11:55 PM

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Posted on Nov 18, 2023 1:57 AM

I have had this too and tried various things that didn’t work but this did:

1) go to wallpaper and un-blur the image and press done …. now make sure to close the settings window by swiping it totally off. Your home screen image should be unblurred.

2) go back into settings, back to the customise wallpaper page and re-blur the image. click done and again totally close the settings app. home screen should now be blurred.

Seems to work on my iPhone15Max … key things appears to be to totally close the Settings between changes and not have it running in the background.

Interested to know if it works for you ?

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Nov 18, 2023 1:57 AM in response to ti_henrq

I have had this too and tried various things that didn’t work but this did:

1) go to wallpaper and un-blur the image and press done …. now make sure to close the settings window by swiping it totally off. Your home screen image should be unblurred.

2) go back into settings, back to the customise wallpaper page and re-blur the image. click done and again totally close the settings app. home screen should now be blurred.

Seems to work on my iPhone15Max … key things appears to be to totally close the Settings between changes and not have it running in the background.

Interested to know if it works for you ?

Nov 18, 2023 12:18 AM in response to ti_henrq

ti_henrq Said:

"iOS 17.1.1 Home Screen wallpaper blur effect not working: After updating my iPhone to iOS 17.1.1 i've figured out that the blur effect on Home Screen wallpaper isn't working anymore. Even after reboot my phone, changing the picture or turning OFF/ON the blur effect."

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Nov 30, 2023 2:03 AM in response to wwwwwsssss

Hmm ... hmm ... definitely something weird going on ... my iPhone15Pro has held its blur for 10 days now even when I have powered-off the phone .... but I notice I have my Lock and Home screens both using the same image.


When I just tried it with a different image on the Home screen I couldn't get the Blur to hold at all no matter what I tried ... that was using a very hi-res image .... Tried a different pair of photos and blur worked OK.


So seems to have something also to do with the size of the actual images being used.... I will investigate further and report back with anything helpful I find.


Dec 2, 2023 8:44 AM in response to Minskaa

A couple of extra things I have found are:


a) if you use a single image and use that as a "pair" for wallpaper (i.e. the Lock and Home screens) ... the blur effect holds OK and is automatically applied.


b) if you use one image for the Lock screen and another image for the Home screen, then apply Blur in Home screen customisation ... the blur effect holds as long as you ensure you fully close Settings as I initially described .... however, see next point !


c) Anytime you change your Wallpaper choice (I have about 10 on my phone that I move between depending on my mood) ... for any Wallpapers that use a single image, blur holds Ok ... any wallpapers that use two images lose the blur setting ... even though the customisation screen shows it is in play.... you then need to unset it, quite Settings, go back into settings and re-set it and quit settings again... should stay until you change your Wallpaper.


Should be something easily fixed by Apple but probably a low priority issue.

iOS 17.1.1 Home Screen wallpaper blur effect not working

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