How can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5?

Want to downgrade to ios18

Need to downgrade to IOS 18

Why do you want to downgrade?

Oh so you can my mistake sorry.

Not sure if you were aware that you are replying to a question that was posted on June 10, and there have been 27 pages of answers provided since that time.

The worst update of ios 26 lots of bugs no need of this support i want to downgrade the let us help me with that

Chasemcdjddjg wrote:

I am Trying to reinstall back to IOS 18.6.2 it didn’t work

The factory reset of an iPhone using a Mac or PC did not reset the iPhone to iOS 18.6.2, when using the following Apple procedure?

Here is: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

What happened when you tried following this procedure? What exactly “didn’t work”?

khethokuhle128 wrote:

I didn’t want to set this ios 26

That’s not a question.

If you installed the beta, you can reset and revert, or can continue until iOS 26 is released.

Continuing is the only way to avoid local data loss.

Reset and revert is described repeatedly in this thread, and here again are the details:

There is no downgrade to iOS 18.6.2.

Resetting to revert to iOS 18.6.2 means no local data is preserved.

Resetting and restoring means some local data — that which has changed since the beta was installed — is lost.

If there are no backups created immediately prior to the installation of the beta, all local data is lost.

iCloud data is probably still available, and apps can be re-downloaded, independent of the reset.

Here is: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

Or you can stay with the iOS 26 beta through its upcoming iOS 26 release, as that probably avoids data loss.

Apple is having an announcement on September 9th.

mouereen wrote:

how to downgrade ios 26 to ios 18

There is no downgrade.

Resetting to revert to iOS 18.6.2 means no local data is preserved.

Resetting and restoring means some local data — that which has changed since the beta was installed — is lost.

If there are no backups created immediately prior to the installation of the beta, all local data is lost.

iCloud data is probably still available, and apps can be re-downloaded, independent of the reset.

Here is: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

But I’d likely stay with the iOS 26 beta through its upcoming release today, as that probably avoids data loss.

Elijah081 wrote:

I want to downgrade my ios26 to ios18

There is no downgrade.

This is an older thread that started during the beta, when iOS 18 was the current shipping version.

It was possible to revert to the shipping iOS version then.

iOS 26 is the current iOS version now, and Apple does not support iOS downgrades.

siwar16 wrote:

My iPhone is buggy and I can’t control I need to downgrade it

Downgrading is not an option. I suggest you start your own thread explaining exactly what issues you're having and what steps you've taken so far to try to troubleshoot.

otmastitel wrote:

It should be an option to downgrade

What you think the options "should" be or what I think they should be doesn't change anything. You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Note that downgrading has never been an option and that's unlikely to change. The lesson for the future is don't upgrade right away. Wait a couple of weeks and watch the forums and the news to see what people think and to see the pictures posted and the descriptions of how new features work.

… what is that ???

What is...what?

I really want to downgrade to ios18

I know you do. But you can't.

Please read the responses in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/256078060?answerId=261429626022&sortBy=oldest_first#261429626022