{"id":461436,"date":"2025-09-29T21:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/461436\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:43:13","slug":"ios-26-how-to-turn-off-liquid-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/461436\/","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=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s iOS 26 update is a big one<\/a> \u2014 not just because it\u2019s new, but because \u201cLiquid Glass\u201d marks the company\u2019s biggest UI overhaul since the iPhone X.<\/p>\n<p>But the so-called \u201cbiggest iOS update in years\u201d hasn\u2019t exactly wowed people. Performance hiccups and a jarring reshuffle of the interface have left many users underwhelmed. Even here at Mashable, reactions are split: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/liquid-glass-3-great-features-of-new-apple-design\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"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=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"noopener\">pretty \u201cmeh.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve upgraded and hate how it looks, here\u2019s the bad news: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/how-to-uninstall-ios-26-update\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"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 <strong>Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Display &amp; Text Size<\/strong> and toggle on <strong>Reduce Transparency<\/strong>. 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 <strong>Edit<\/strong> in the top left corner. From there, select <strong>Customize<\/strong> 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":461437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-461436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115289771595220579","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}