How can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5?
How to downgrade ios 26 to ios 18.5?
Please help?
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Original Title: ios 26 to ios 18.5
Sparkledc6754 wrote:
Update my iPhone7ios17 for me
NO. Not possible. EVER.
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cee262 wrote:
I can’t find my iOS 18.5 but I ** in iOS 26.0 how do I go back to iOS 18.5
This has been repeatedly answered, by multiple contributors, throughout the six pages of this discussion thread...
If you are currently enrolled in a beta programme and wish to return to using the current production version, this support page provides the necessary information to remove the beta from your iPhone:
How to uninstall iOS beta software - Apple Support
Be aware that restoring an earlier version of iOS will completely reset and erase your iPhone. Assuming that you have a pre-existing iCloud or iTunes backup of your iPhone that has not been updated since installing the iOS 26 beta, your locally stored data and files can be restored after returning your iPhone to iOS 18.5; if you don't have a pre-existing backup, all locally stored data will be irretrievably lost:
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
An iCloud or iTunes backup can only be restored to a device running the same or later version of iOS than created (or last updated) the backup. As such a backup created or updated by iOS 26 cannot be restored to a device running iOS 18.5.
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Sorry, no. Downgrading the operating system is not supported.
samo258 wrote:
I want to downgrade back to iso 18.7
You can't.
evi295 wrote:
I have to downgrade also - 26 is horrible
You can't downgrade.
Jamiu20_ wrote:
I want to back my iOS 26 to iOS 18
You can't.
No.
You cannot downgrade
Re: “I want to go backkk [sic]”
You can’t.
You don't
Angelsuare wrote:
Lo quiero cambiar
You may want to, but you can't.
Not possible.
What you want......is not possible.
You can’t.
I ran into the same issue recently and managed to get back to iOS 18.5. The process isn’t super straightforward, especially if you didn’t archive a backup before installing iOS 26.
I found this guide that explains the whole thing step by step it really helped me out: you can also see the official documentation too: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support
Just make sure you download the right IPSW and turn off Find My iPhone before you start. Hope it helps someone here too.
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Gabrielwalker23 wrote:
I want to downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5
There is no downgrade to iOS 18.6.2.
Resetting to revert to iOS 18.6.2 means no local data is preserved.
Resetting and restoring means some local data — that which has changed since the beta was installed — is lost.
If there are no backups created immediately prior to the installation of the beta, all local data is lost.
iCloud data is probably still available, and apps can be re-downloaded, independent of the reset.
Here is: How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support
Or you can stay with the iOS 26 beta through its upcoming iOS 26 release, as that probably avoids data loss.
Apple is having an announcement on September 9th.
How can I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18.5?