I think the liquid glass option is ugly and looking at the layout for too long gives me a headache. how do i remove the feature or get rid of the outline on all my app icons? i feel like it should be optional instead of forced.
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Original Title: how to remove liquid glass look
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 26
The glass view is a mess with now limitation to use the Ipad Pro. After some minutes you think that you need glasses as I cannot read,write or see clear the written words. The usage creates on top dizziness feeling.
It is no problem that Apple create new view, but why without any options for switch back to the classic view or any parts for subjects with on/off switch. Very rare that I saw this kind of bad optimization. I must see how to make rollback on my Ipad. I do not intend to update any further Phone to IOS26 if the setting for standard view witn OFF button for glasses is not ready.
It’s totally not, turning on the contrast makes a solid white line. With it off you still have the reflective glassy looking edges. Not to mention in some folders the icons overlap the edges now. I really want to turn off whatever nonsense this was.
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Nwpray wrote:
It’s totally not, turning on the contrast makes a solid white line. With it off you still have the reflective glassy looking edges. Not to mention in some folders the icons overlap the edges now. I really want to turn off whatever nonsense this was.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/864d2285-1b6b-4952-9c73-fe6f94278b30
Why does the appearance bother you so much? the functions are the same or better in 26.
Thanks for your tips! But, unfortunately, increasing contrast does nothing to remove the Liquid Glass blur on the icons, and reducing transparency just makes the Dock and system bars much darker, whether on iPhone, Mac, or iPad. It’s really frustrating. Apple should fix this, because we’re paying for Retina displays and incredible M-series screens, yet the icons end up looking blurry and uncomfortable to look at. The M5 has an amazing image and video resolution, but the icon blur completely breaks the visual experience.
I know this doesn’t help fix the issue that all of us are faced with. I just want to add my two cents that this was a horrible idea from Apple. To change the UI so much that you can’t go back to a normal looking icon and text. You change everything and put glass looking highlights around an app. They needed to put a disable or change theme instead of forcing you to view this hideous rollout. So much for being a stock holder.
Did you read the link I posted? It explains why Apple can't and won't add a way to disable Liquid Glass. You may not like it, but personally, I really really really like it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, however. Saying you don't like it here, won't get anyone's attention at Apple, though.
Thank you for your help!
The only thing I don't like, because it really disturbs my eyes, is the fact that the icons are always blurry, no matter what I do.
I will write to the link you sent. Thanks!
It looks like no one has mentioned that you can just turn off the liquid glass effect from the home screen.
Hold down on the home screen for a couple of seconds to enter the edit mode. The app icons will start quivering with a minus sign and in the top right corner of the screen there will be an edit button. It beings up a screen that lets you select the glass look you want, or you can go back to default.
There are some other options that you might like to try instead of going back to default, like having slightly larger icons without any text underneath, or tinted glass, etc.
Juliet_tea wrote:
Is there a way to turn glass off? It feels almost like an optical illusion.. things look blurry. Apple was suppose to be intuitive. I’ve never wanted an android phone until now.
You can't turn it off comletely but you can make adjustments:
Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
JasonToddd wrote:
Should we all just keep reaching out to Apple and hoping they fix it? or just go to Android phones
If you have feedback for Apple, you should give it to them:
Personally, I like Liquid Glass and have let Apple know that. As for whether or not you should switch to an Android phone, well 1) I doubt anyone here cares what you decide and 2) Android is moving to something similar to Liquid Glass called, I think, "Materials 3.0."
Zae37 wrote:
I couldn’t find what you did? I hate the new liquid display, as well. Far too busy and cluttered. What solution did you provide?
Go through this --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Teddy.C wrote:
This is the BEST information page I have found to help with Liquid Glass issues. Please read it - it helps!
I'm glad you like it. I certainly don't need to read it, since I wrote it, but I do hope others read it and it helps them.
Candle-lady wrote:
It is not at times, it is ALL THE TIME.
The changes to the app icons, assuming you have them set to Default, is hardly even noticeable. They have a slight ring round them is all. I don't believe you can no longer see them.
LD150 wrote:
Candle-lady wrote:
It is not at times, it is ALL THE TIME.
The changes to the app icons, assuming you have them set to Default, is hardly even noticeable. They have a slight ring round them is all. I don't believe you can no longer see them.
Which one cannot you see?
Teddy.C wrote:
Can someone just tell us how to revert back to the previous IOS? I want to get rid of the new version! It is slow and when changing screens it blurs many of the icons. 26 is junk!
Hello~ You can’t go back. I think that’s been stated many times in this thread.
~Katana-San~
How do I remove the liquid glass look from app icons on iOS 26?
