How can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5?

How to downgrade ios 26 to ios 18.5?

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Original Title: ios 26 to ios 18.5

Posted on Jun 10, 2025 11:14 AM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2025 11:17 AM

Follow the Support Article below. Hopefully you had a backup done on the stable commercial release of iOS 18 which you will need to restore, otherwise you may not be able to restore or even lose some data.


How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support

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Aug 24, 2025 08:38 AM in response to Chasemcdjddjg

Chasemcdjddjg wrote:

I am Trying to reinstall back to IOS 18.6.2 it didn’t work


The factory reset of an iPhone using a Mac or PC did not reset the iPhone to iOS 18.6.2, when using the following Apple procedure?


Here is: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support


What happened when you tried following this procedure? What exactly “didn’t work”?


How can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5?

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