iOS 26.2: Change iPhone SE lock screen alarm display

Hello. I'm learning to live with ios 26.2 on an iPhone SE, 2nd generation. It's probably just me, but I find one thing especially annoying. When an alarm goes off, the lock screen display is huge and the button to stop the alarm has been replaced by a slider. I could also live without the animated clock at the top of the screen. It'd be great, if there were some way to revert to the old alarm display that has remained the same throughout the years and ios updates. Thanks for your help, as always.


iPhone SE (2nd generation)

Posted on Jan 20, 2026 9:56 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2026 10:06 AM

pillowhandz wrote:

Hello. I'm learning to live with ios 26.2 on an iPhone SE, 2nd generation. It's probably just me, but I find one thing especially annoying. When an alarm goes off, the lock screen display is huge and the button to stop the alarm has been replaced by a slider. I could also live without the animated clock at the top of the screen. It'd be great, if there were some way to revert to the old alarm display that has remained the same throughout the years and ios updates. Thanks for your help, as always.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6784b4bf-56ee-4f4d-a754-e0422300fad2

You can't revert to the previous version. For years, people complained it was too simple to turn off an alarm, so Apple listened to feedback and this is the version you have now.


If you want Apple to consider any change, you can provide feedback to Apple, as this is a user to user only forum and no one here works for Apple or had anything to do with iOS changes --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple


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Jan 20, 2026 10:06 AM in response to pillowhandz

pillowhandz wrote:

Hello. I'm learning to live with ios 26.2 on an iPhone SE, 2nd generation. It's probably just me, but I find one thing especially annoying. When an alarm goes off, the lock screen display is huge and the button to stop the alarm has been replaced by a slider. I could also live without the animated clock at the top of the screen. It'd be great, if there were some way to revert to the old alarm display that has remained the same throughout the years and ios updates. Thanks for your help, as always.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6784b4bf-56ee-4f4d-a754-e0422300fad2

You can't revert to the previous version. For years, people complained it was too simple to turn off an alarm, so Apple listened to feedback and this is the version you have now.


If you want Apple to consider any change, you can provide feedback to Apple, as this is a user to user only forum and no one here works for Apple or had anything to do with iOS changes --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple


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iOS 26.2: Change iPhone SE lock screen alarm display

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