How to Downgrade iOS 26 to 18

Saba-won wrote:

The most detailed info to downgrade your ios to the previous one is How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Supportsrd

That only works if you have beta software. It does not work if you have the final release software installed.

You cannot do this.

check this☝ tool and this👇articale to see if that helps.

How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

tringa80 wrote:

Removed uos 26 to ios 18 please

It's a one page thread. Read it. The answer is NO, you cannot remove iOS 26 and go back to iOS 18.

The most detailed info to downgrade your ios to the previous one is How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Supportsrd

AlexWorks wrote:

You don't like iOS 26? Sure, fine. Preferences are personal. What is objectively true is that ios 26 has so many problems that having it running on my 13 mini is *painful*. Things as simple as TYPING do not work properly.

You won't allow to just downgrade? Also fine. But at least keep iOS 18.7 signed, leaving one final option to go back to a version that actually works, even though with a reset. I couldn't care less for the shiny items if I literally can't use my phone properly. Either this gets fixed in the next months or it will be the time I have to switch to another brand.

Planned obsolescence this obvious is just shameful. The fact they didn't even allow to install 18.7 to force upgrading to 26 is shameful. Hope enough people switch brands they make something about it.

You must be under the impression you are addressing anyone at Apple here? You're not. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple neither participates nor reads for user feedback.

Apple has never supported downgrading, ever. But you can provide feedback to Apple here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Can anyone share a clear, step-by-step downgrade method to restore my device to iOS 18 without losing important data?

Apple's instructions are in the link below, but you are going to lose all of the data on your Phone when you revert to iOS 18.....unless....you made a separate "archive" backup on a Mac or PC.....before.....you installed the beta software.

How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

You cannot downgrade the operating system, please read through the post next time instead of posting another me too question.

Saba-won wrote:

The most detailed info to downgrade your ios to the previous one is How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Supportsrd

NOPE. Won't work for anyone trying to downgrade iOS at this point.

If you have the full release version and not the beta, then sorry, you can't go back. The backup you have is your data, not the iOS.

Have you not bothered to read any of this thread? If you are on the official release of iOS 26, there is no way to go back to iOS 18.

I think it is not possible to downgrade once you upgrade to the newer version because ios has no specific thing like to downgrade to the previous version.

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I also upgraded to the new iOS 26..

don’t like it at all 😢

I have auto back up on through iCloud so is it possible to do this, ie go back to ios18?

it’s been 2 days and I have really really tried to embrace it but I just don’t at all

Thanks for that insightful message.

I will learn to appreciate how my phone heats up and drains battery when there's low signal ever since I updated to iOS 26.

Also, I just replaced the battery, so battery health is at 100% (for now at least)

The idea of searching for a discussion on your issue is to then read the discussion which will likely contain the best possible answer, rather than simply posting the question all over again. The answer will not change no matter how many times the question is asked.