Blurring background texts in screenshots after iOS 26 update

Before the ios26 update, when I would screenshot a text, specifically when I would hold down on one in particular to screenshot it would automatically blur the texts in the background so you couldn’t read them all— just the highlighted message.


but now it doesn’t do it?

I’ve turned reduce transparency off and on, and it’s still doing it. Any ideas? Or is it just a bug in ios26 and something we kinda gotta wait for a patch for, ya think?


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Original Title: blurring background texts


iPhone 15, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 4, 2025 7:53 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2025 6:03 PM

Yallllll I figured it out! Thanks to TikTok lol, but swipe to the right like you’re replying to it & it blurs everything like it did in iOS 18!!

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