Looking for the "reduce ugly" option on ios26

I've been looking everywhere in the Settings, and I can't find the option to reduce the visual ugly transparent treatment with counter-intuitive UX design options, that fixes all these horrible updates of ios26. Any ideas where else I can find these options?


No, accessibility transparency/contrast hacks are not solutions, TIA!

iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 15, 2025 11:59 AM

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Sep 15, 2025 1:45 PM in response to Roopbear

Roopbear wrote:

I've been looking everywhere in the Settings, and I can't find the option to reduce the visual ugly transparent treatment with counter-intuitive UX design options, that fixes all these horrible updates of ios26. Any ideas where else I can find these options?

No, accessibility transparency/contrast hacks are not solutions, TIA!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I quite REALLY like the new Liquid Glass look. I know you don't want us to tell you to go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turn on Reduce Transparency, but that really is the best option you've got. And as with ALL changes, every year with iOS, you'll likely adjust just fine to them.

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