How to disable liquid glass in iOS 26?

Dlira wrote:

You (and some others) have commented to a number of persons that Apple doesn’t read this website. I believe you are wrong - even if Apple says so. (If you were Apple, and wanted to make your product better, would you just ignore such a site? Probably not the best idea.)

The reason Apple doesn't read here is because this forum is a firehose of posts. Most of them are simple questions or "me too" posts. And there are rants. And AI slop (lots of that). It just wouldn't be practical to try to get much useful feedback. That's why Apple provides the dedicated feedback link.

Dlira wrote:

You (and some others) have commented to a number of persons that Apple doesn’t read this website. I believe you are wrong - even if Apple says so. (If you were Apple, and wanted to make your product better, would you just ignore such a site? Probably not the best idea.)

Hello~ Here in this technical forum…we base our statements upon as many facts as possible not supposition and opinions. Apple is an innovative company and their existence is based upon happy customers.

Railing about something that may not like here changes nothing.

~Katana-San~

It’s not about like or dislike, it’s about accessibility and providing an experience everyone can use. Even with Liquid Glass reduced I can barely read the text with the effects applied, e.g. the “use passcode” on the lock screen

All material to disable Liquid Glass only minimizes it, not completely disables it. I need a solution to disable the feature as I am visually impaired and the Liquid Glass effect is making it impossible to read on my Iphone. Please help make this an optional feature.

This is the worst iOS version so far. I have an iPhone 14 Pro, and with this version, it's getting really slow. I lag almost every time when I try to open an app from the recent apps list. I've tried the suggested workarounds, but they don't help.

I regret upgrading to iOS 26.

shubham.jante wrote:

This is the worst iOS version so far. I have an iPhone 14 Pro, and with this version, it's getting really slow. I lag almost every time when I try to open an app from the recent apps list. I've tried the suggested workarounds, but they don't help.

I regret upgrading to iOS 26.

And next year, some people, maybe even you, will say the same thing about iOS 27. They will talk about how much better iOS 26 wasn't and how awful iOS 27 is and how it has destroyed their battery life and made their phone slow.

Either Apple is making progressively worse operating systems that routinely destroy the usefulness of their phone (in which case why do people buying them and keeping them?) or some people find it hard to adjust to change. Occam's razor.

Apple needs to add an on/off setting for for liquid glass in a future patch/update. It looks horrible! I wish I had never installed the update. I'm upgrading my 15 Pro to a 16 Pro and not updating it.

Zyrcon8 wrote:

Apple needs to add an on/off setting for for liquid glass in a future patch/update. It looks horrible! I wish I had never installed the update. I'm upgrading my 15 Pro to a 16 Pro and not updating it.

You may think it's simple to add an on/off switch, but it truly isn't and expecting one is unlikely.

You might benefit from reading this --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

I am having trouble with this new update too. I suffer from migraines and vestibular imbalance. This animation of the apps bouncing about and effects on anything I open is making me queasy. Will have to return to old iOS if they can’t switch it off for people like me.

I reduced the transparency of Glass on my phone, but it didn’t change much. I still can’t read the clock on my Lock screen unless I squint - and I have pretty decent vision. As a former a product design manager and art director, I can’t believe Apple's flagrant disregard for accessibility with iOS 26. My designers would never have submitted something like this, they paid close attention to little things like usability.

My eyes and head hurt to look at my phone ever since updating to iOS 26. I’ve tried the different accessibility features and reducing the white point helps a bit but then if you do it too much, you can’t even see your phone outside in the sun. As far as the contrast goes most things look better when you turn on increase contrast, however if you go into messaging and try to search for contacts and use dark mode, the contact names and numbers blended with the background and you can’t really read them. So the whole OS is buggy no surprise. I really don’t understand how they push updates like this. It is insufferable to use and my eyes and have been hurting the last two days and I had to put down my phone and use it much less. So maybe it’s a blessing in disguise to get me off my phone more.

brentgrab wrote:

My eyes and head hurt to look at my phone ever since updating to iOS 26. ...

I have been using it since June without problems and I am 74. I strongly advise you seek help from an optician or doctor

Hello~ You can take a look at this User Tip by *lobsterghost1*…

Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

This and other helpful information has already been posted in the 16 pages of this thread.

~Katana-San~

Agree, I can’t read any of my notifications with the liquid glass effect! Not sure why I would want a non-optional feature that makes basic functions of my phone unusable. Really appreciate all the suggestions to help people make this at least a little better.

turri48 wrote:

I installed it yesterday. It's the aesthetic apocalypse. Who thought that this was going to be an improvement or an innovation? OMG

If you installed it yesterday, you have iOS 26.1. That means you can turn off Liquid Glass if it distresses you that much.

I really like it. Lots of people do.