How do I completely disable Liquid Glass on iPhone?

It’s only been a few days and I’m fed up with Liquid Glass. It’s so irritating and messes up every visual aspect. I want to be able to look at images in safari without seeing the image page under the image I’m looking at where the search bar is. I don’t want to “reduce transparency” I want it completely gone. Is this even possible or am I stuck with this annoying display function for the rest of my time using iOS?


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Original Title: Disable Liquid Glass

iPhone 16, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 18, 2025 02:50 PM

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CompletelyDone wrote:

It’s only been a few days and I’m fed up with Liquid Glass. It’s so irritating and messes up every visual aspect. I want to be able to look at images in safari without seeing the image page under the image I’m looking at where the search bar is. I don’t want to “reduce transparency” I want it completely gone. Is this even possible or am I stuck with this annoying display function for the rest of my time using iOS?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8cdde7fd-e808-4af5-8d0f-c03f3f50ae5d

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Original Title: Disable Liquid Glass

You can reduce the Liquid Glass effects, but completely eliminate it, you can't. It's hard coded into and a part of iOS. To reduce the effects, open Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size - Turn on Transparency and Contrast.

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Sep 18, 2025 03:01 PM in response to CompletelyDone

CompletelyDone wrote:

It’s only been a few days and I’m fed up with Liquid Glass. It’s so irritating and messes up every visual aspect. I want to be able to look at images in safari without seeing the image page under the image I’m looking at where the search bar is. I don’t want to “reduce transparency” I want it completely gone. Is this even possible or am I stuck with this annoying display function for the rest of my time using iOS?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8cdde7fd-e808-4af5-8d0f-c03f3f50ae5d

[Edited by Moderator]
Original Title: Disable Liquid Glass

You can reduce the Liquid Glass effects, but completely eliminate it, you can't. It's hard coded into and a part of iOS. To reduce the effects, open Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size - Turn on Transparency and Contrast.

How do I completely disable Liquid Glass on iPhone?

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