Is there a way to completely disable the liquid glass functionality on iOS 26? I'm not going to get into a lengthy diatribe over why it's awful, I just want it gone.
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18
amdc101 wrote:
There is a serious issue around accessibility with the Liquid Glass display, it’s not just an aesthetic issue. I do personally think it’s an unnecessary overlay, and don’t like it, but part of that is that I work for a charity for blind people and in terms of apples usual excellence with accessibility this is a huge fail.
iOS/iPadOS 26.1 introduced a new setting that subtly charges the appearance of Liquid Glass:
Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass - select Clear or Tinted
Sadly, for iPad, this new setting makes very little difference for those that struggle with both the appearance and overlapping screen elements introduced with Liquid Glass - an issue that is often not understood by those that have perfect eyesight.
If you are experiencing difficulty with the new Liquid Glass UI, there are other settings that can significantly improve the appearance and suppress the majority of unwanted effects:
Each if these settings can be used individually, or in combination. Setting Reduce Transparency alone (1) will likely suppress the majority of your issues. The Reduce Motion setting (3), if used, will eliminate the "lensing" effects of the Liquid Glass UI. Experiment; you should find a combination that works for you.
I suggest that you begin with setting Reduce Transparency to ON - and then, if needed, experiment with additional use of one or more of the other options.
NB: The new Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass setting can only be changed/toggled while Reduce Transparency is set to OFF. You might find that setting Liquid Glass to Clear, prior to enabling Reduced Transparency to ON, may give the best result.
Liquid Glass is here to stay - and will likely evolve throughout the lifespan of iOS/iPadOS 26. Hopefully, Apple will provide additional controls over time with which to selectively eliminate aspects of the new UI to better meet the functional and visual needs of the wider user population. Liquid Glass is very "pretty" - but for some is arguably form over function, reducing legibility and usability for some users.
You - and anyone else that has an issue with the Liquid Glass implementation - should submit constructive comments via Apple's Product Feedback portal. For iPhone:
Every Report counts.
Yes please help apple. This new figure is horrible
Just wanted to say those are some really cool icons
Yes most of them are from an old theme called buuf by mattahan.And some I modified or made myself.
AKA-fieryjack
It was installed last night. It is wretched and will likely be what finally drives me off of iPhone.
Egd71 wrote:
It was installed last night. It is wretched and will likely be what finally drives me off of iPhone.
Thanks for sharing.
Yeah but in this case the Liquid Glass effect truly is ugly. Programmers with too much time on their hands, doing something that doesn’t increase functionality at all.
לא נותן לי לעשות עדכון גרסה לiOS
הבעיה שלך לא קשורה לנושא השרשור הזה. כדי לקבל את העזרה הטובה והרלוונטית ביותר, כדאי לך לפתוח שרשור משלך.
Well, the analogy fails because I can always go to a different dealer and buy a different car
dcsj_canada wrote:
Well, the analogy fails because I can always go to a different dealer and buy a different car
And you can go buy a different kind of phone, too.
horrible idea for UI. Please listen to your users and give us an option to disable this and revert back. I’m sure your feedback loop is blowing up on this.
Except it does kind of diminish those getting headaches and nauseated by these changes which seem pretty ugly and lame (illness inducement aside).
This issue needs to be fixed, asap. All this advice about changing all these settings just to get it to look halfway decent again is not a solution.
You have to fix this and let us take off Liquid Glass. I no longer can see my phone without glasses.
User to user site. Apple is not here, they will not see your post or reply.
If you want to provide feedback to Apple, you can do so here:
How to disable liquid glass in iOS 26?
