Personal hotspot and VPN inaccessible after iOS 26 update on iPhone 13

How can I restore my access to personal hotspot and VPN that have been greyed (inacessible) since I updated my iphone 13 with iOS 26 two days ago

I updated my iPhone 13 two days ago to iOS26. My personal hotspot and VPN are not accessible (grayed out) since the update



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iPhone 13, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 26, 2025 7:02 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2025 7:28 AM

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Dump the VPN completely. Remove it in Settings > General > VPN & Device Management and remove any associated VPN App. Then restart your iPhone and you'll likely be OK with your Hotspot.

Read this --> VPN: What you need to know - Apple Community

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Sep 26, 2025 7:16 AM in response to MSM_Lsk25

First of all, there is NO NEED to have a VPN on iPhone. They don't provide the security you think they do, in fact, quite the opposite. And VPN causes connectivity issues. Dump the VPN completely. Remove it in Settings > General > VPN & Device Management and remove any associated VPN App. Then restart your iPhone and you'll likely be OK with your Hotspot.


Read this --> VPN: What you need to know - Apple Community


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