{"id":190842,"date":"2025-09-29T22:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190842\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:15:06","slug":"ios-26-how-to-turn-off-liquid-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190842\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26: How to turn off Liquid Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/ios-26-release-date-how-to-download-update-phone?taid=68c865be23276500015a327a&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple\u2019s iOS 26 update is a big one<\/a> \u2014 not just because it\u2019s new, but because \u201cLiquid Glass\u201d marks the company\u2019s biggest UI overhaul since the iPhone X.<\/p>\n<p>But the so-called \u201cbiggest iOS update in years\u201d hasn\u2019t exactly wowed people. Performance hiccups and a jarring reshuffle of the interface have left many users underwhelmed. Even here at Mashable, reactions are split: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/liquid-glass-3-great-features-of-new-apple-design\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some enjoy the new look<\/a>, while others find it <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/ios-26-update-user-complaints\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pretty \u201cmeh.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve upgraded and hate how it looks, here\u2019s the bad news: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/how-to-uninstall-ios-26-update\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">you can\u2019t roll back to iOS 18<\/a>. That makes sense, sure \u2014 but what if you like iOS 26 overall and just can\u2019t stand Liquid Glass? Also bad news: you can\u2019t turn it off.<\/p>\n<p>\n            Mashable Light Speed\n        <\/p>\n<p>What you can do, though, is dive into your iPhone\u2019s accessibility settings to tone down the transparent, glossy effect and make it less in-your-face.<\/p>\n<p>How to change Liquid Glass in iOS 26<\/p>\n<p>To cut down the transparency, head to Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Display &amp; Text Size and toggle on Reduce Transparency. This makes elements like folders easier to see when you open them.<\/p>\n<p>You can also tweak the look of your home screen. Just press and hold an empty space until the icons start to jiggle, then tap Edit in the top left corner. From there, select Customize and switch the screen to tinted. You\u2019ll be able to adjust the colors of icons and folders to better match your style. Simple as that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iOS 26 update is a big one \u2014 not just because it\u2019s new, but because \u201cLiquid Glass\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-190842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}