How to disable liquid glass in iOS 26?

Bluestar725 wrote:

All material to disable Liquid Glass only minimizes it, not completely disables it. I need a solution to disable the feature as I am visually impaired and the Liquid Glass effect is making it impossible to read on my Iphone. Please help make this an optional feature.

As has been pointed out repeatedly in this thread, you cannot disable or remove the feature. You can only ameliorate it using the settings in Accessibility that have already been outlined.

No one here in the user-to-user forum can change anything. You can, however, let Apple know your thoughts here:

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Emi055 wrote:

I agree. I hate the glass and want it gone now. It’s so difficult for me to even see the time because I’m half blind.

please Apple, take the glass away! I’m so serious that I would consider an android at this point,

You aren't speaking with Apple here. This is a user to user only forum. And no one here works for Apple.

If you don't like Liquid Glass and you feel an Android will be better for you, by all means go buy one. As users only, it doesn't matter to any of us what phone you choose.

But if you want to perhaps take the time to adjust what you can adjust in Liquid Glass to better meet your needs, I wrote this, which you might want to read --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

There is no way to completely disable the Liquid Glass effect in iOS 26, but you can reduce its impact by going to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turning on Reduce Transparency. This will make the interface less transparent, but it won't remove the effect entirely.

I was able to get rid of the glass on the homepage time by going to settings>wallpaper> then select customize > the tap on the clock and it gives an option for glass or solid - hope this helps others - I literally just upgraded without knowing about this new glass interface

Catzeye00 wrote:

Seeing the background move distortedly messes with my motion sickness, I either get dizzy or slightly nauseous. When I select the tinted option it does not look like anything changes. Please give us the option to turn it off, I don’t want to feel sick every time I use my phone.

Read this ALL the way through --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

I suspect you're having an issue with Animations, which can be toned down considerably by opening Settings > Accessibility > Motion

You have to fix this and let us take off Liquid Glass.

1. There is nothing to fix.

2. This is a user to user forum, Apple is not here

There are 29 pages of answers which you obviously didn't read before posting another "me too" answer so I'll make it easy for you. Read the following information to help with your issue -

Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

If you still want to let Apple know, go here -

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No off switch. Very upsetting I want an off switch so bad but apparently Apple said no cause Liquid Glass is “hard coded into the OS” like man… at least let us downgrade or something idk I’m just so desperate to get this thing gone. You don’t understand how close I am to switching to samsung

Tony_Pistilli wrote:

No off switch. Very upsetting I want an off switch so bad but apparently Apple said no cause Liquid Glass is “hard coded into the OS” like man… at least let us downgrade or something idk I’m just so desperate to get this thing gone. You don’t understand how close I am to switching to samsung

Switch to Samsung. We don't care. We're all users here like you on this user to user only forum. But please look before you leap. Samsung, which uses Googles Android OS is also employing many of the design characteristics you seem so desperate to escape and it's called Material Design 3.

Or you can read this ALL the way through and try the various options, which will likely help you --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

LeoLee10 wrote:

I wish you could have the option to turn OFF the Liquid Glass completely.

Let Apple know. "Wishing" for something is not a good strategy and they won't read your post here.

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Tony_Pistilli wrote:

No off switch. Very upsetting I want an off switch so bad but apparently Apple said no cause Liquid Glass is “hard coded into the OS” like man… at least let us downgrade or something idk I’m just so desperate to get this thing gone. You don’t understand how close I am to switching to samsung

Hello~ We are your fellow forum members and not Apple. We don’t really care what brand of phone you choose. One bit of information though …you’re likely to find variations of this type of view on most phones now. Read thru this…

Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

Let Apple know your thoughts as they get paid to listen to complaints whereas we volunteers don’t. Have a nice day!!

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~Katana-San~

My iPhone 16 just updated to IOS26 - oh dear wish I could reverse out, however we have to keep with the security updates.

1) I had the universe (night sky with stars) Home Screen wallpaper prior to IOS upgrade, if I keep it I can't change the liquid glass time display font to how it used to be - I get error message "Failed to load Asset". I have to use one of the new available wallpapers then I can change the font to be solid and similar to as it was before.

2) Lots of my other text fonts changed - especially reading emails - luckily worked out how to change back to something resembling sensible font and contrast.

3) Why have searches been moved from the top to the bottom of the screen?

4) Selecting text from within WhatsApp message - used to be able to do straight away, now tap on text and get menu options, have to then release and tap again to be able to copy the text. Just another unnecessary change.

In summary - over-engineering comes to mind, and/or artistic beyond supporting prime function. Should be an option to turn liquid glass on or off -- so those who just want to get on and use their phone without esoteric text effects can do so.

5) When in Contacts and looking at an address the screen turns off far too quickly so I have to tap the screen to stop the App exiting...whilst I'm attempting to write the address on an envelope...I don't recall it being so quick to exit in the past. Frustrating when doing my Xmas cards.

The more unnecessarily complex a system gets the more risk of bugs. Also harder for the user to manage the device with unwanted features with settings buried in settings somewhere. I wonder if you try these new features out on "average people in the street" who are not experts in iPhone menu options!! Best to put the effort where it's needed - verification & validation. Adopt the KISS principle for best UX.

1. seems like you have limited options with a wallpaper that is not from your photos. Maybe try all the other options from this person's post. failed to load asset popup once I tap on … - Apple Community
2. seems like you fixed it. this is not a place to provide feedback to apple
3. for better reachability. you will get used to it but you are unable to change it
4. this is a problem with whatsapp as it is not in other apps. please contact their support teem

summary - as discussed already, liquid glass IS the ui, just as the flat design was. you couldn't switch back to skeumorphic design in ios 7 just like now. you have options to partially disable it which has been said throughout this thread.

5 - you have been able to change this for a long time. navigate to settings > display & brightness > auto-lock and configure it to your liking. also ensure that low power mode is turned off.

again, your feedback on the KISS principle and "average people" is not going to be read by apple. i'm sure apple is aware of this. that said, simplicity is valuable but does not make a unique look for an operating system that users may enjoy.

i disagree with this. the amount of blurred elements is extremely small in materials design 3 in comparison to liquid glass. can't even find that many photos of it that show any sort of blur. in the future they probably will though

If you want to turn of app Liquid Glass you simply have to hold down on the Home Screen to get the app to wobble or whatever they do and if you look to the very top left of the screen there is a edit button. Pressing that and then pressing customise will show app icon designs press either default or dark and they will no longer be liquidy

XD_Puppet43 wrote:

If you want to turn of app Liquid Glass you simply have to hold down on the Home Screen to get the app to wobble or whatever they do and if you look to the very top left of the screen there is a edit button. Pressing that and then pressing customise will show app icon designs press either default or dark and they will no longer be liquidy

You should check the date of a post before you reply. You do realize you've provided information, which has been shared multiple times over and over and to the original post written in September.