How do I downgrade from iOS 26?
How do I downgrade from iOS26? I accidentally updated my iPhone 16 pro max to iOS 26 after it did an automatic update
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How do I downgrade from iOS26? I accidentally updated my iPhone 16 pro max to iOS 26 after it did an automatic update
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Follow the Support Article below. Hopefully you have a backup done beforehand on iOS 18 otherwise you may not be able to restore or face data loss.
How to uninstall iOS or iPadOS beta software - Apple Support
MouhtaKaram wrote:
I want remove iOS 26 beta
Read the Top Ranking post at the top of this thread, which I’m sure you saw before posting.
I need ios 18
ManishKaushal wrote:
I need ios 18
OK... You need an iPhone XR or newer.
What model phone do you have?
I don’t went ios26 I was trying to do 18 so help me out
kahlil295 wrote:
I don’t went ios26 I was trying to do 18 so help me out
Read and follow the Top Ranking Reply at the top of this page that you must have missed when you linked to this thread.
Do you need to do it? The official update of iOS 26 comes within a few weeks. If it’s not causing major issues on your device you could maybe wait it out?
You can wait it out. Make sure you turn off beta updates so you do not continue to get those.
coltonArnett wrote:
So actually, this is completely untrue as I’m a registered developer(free to do and for everyone), and I have not received any information on how to downgrade. Also, it’s very much possible to accidentally download the update as he/she could’ve had automatic updates on and most likely is a developer if they have access to the beta, which means they have used beta before, meaning beta updates are on.
You have to actually enroll in the beta program before you will receive any beta updates. When you no longer want to receive beta updates, then you unenroll from the beta program. It will not automatically just show up on your device because you are a Developer and each device must be enrolled separately for any that you would like to test the beta software. If you currently have Automatic Beta Updates allowed, you are currently enrolled and that was a choice you made, and you have the same choice to unenroll when you are done.
If you do choose to enroll in the beta, you have all the information for you including the warnings about even using beta software, but that information must be read by you.
How do I downgrade from iOS 26?