How do I downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18

timdavis130 wrote:

Will I also forget that all my devices (not that old, 1 or 2 years, and I always buy Pro iOS an IPad devices) were never slow and laggy? To the point where they get hard to use because you aren’t sure if you actually pressed a button or not?

My iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are running just fine on iOS 26. If your iPhone is running slow, you could have a LOT data to index, which could take a few days. It takes time to index millions and millions of bytes of data.

Read this link about what to expect after an iOS update --> About Apple software updates - Apple Support

This is the worst update yet. My battery is near zero and I need to at least power this usage down as the IOS is sucking the life out of my phone. Does anyone have any ideas to help here? If I back everything up and do a factory reset will that work?

domster7 wrote:

> doing so is not supported, even if it's possible for a short while.

What do you mean "not supported"? It's a normal restore, using Apple's own instructions. I just did it myself.

Only if the user previously updated using a computer, that is rare. Any other “signed IPSW” available will be a jailbreak.

If you have Apple instructions, and if you want to help, then post the link, always.

Yeah, well, you're wrong. I used it for 5 minutes last night, and it annoyed me in three new ways:

It now takes *two* taps just to get to your list of tabs in Safari because there's just less information and control in the bowser window. "Changing tabs" is not something that needed to be harder.

The in-app browser in Apple News froze up because the button to close it disappears as you scroll, and this particular web page popped up an overlay that prevented scrolling.

It's no longer possible to see all your transactions on the Apple Card in the weekly/monthly "Activity" view, because the floating "Balance" window at the bottom covers one of them up.

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Hello, I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently experiencing some issues after updating to iOS 26, and I was wondering if it’s possible to downgrade back to iOS 18. Could someone please let me know if older versions are still supported or if there’s any safe way to do this? Thank you.

Diegoiscooolz wrote:

iOS 26 is the worst I hate the liquid glass and I hate the new designs so Apple please.

Sign iOS 18 for users

You are not speaking to Apple here, so they will not hear your plea. You may have also forgot when iOS 18 was released that there were many users that did not like it either. That is pretty typical and not a cause for alarm. In fact you can go back to every OS release and find the same posts even here on this support site. Mark this thread when the next UI change is made and it will be iOS 26 that users are requesting to go back to.

What version of IOS will be on the Factory Reset? I checked the health a while ago and the health is good but the OS is killing it.

Giving that a try. Thanks will let you know!

> doing so is not supported, even if it's possible for a short while.

What do you mean "not supported"? It's a normal restore, using Apple's own instructions. I just did it myself.

Giving that a try. Thanks will let you know!

I want to downgrade my iOS 26 to iOS 18

Bob Terrell wrote:

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It now takes *two* taps just to get to your list of tabs in Safari …

No Just swipe up from the url bar at the bottom

Bro

iOS 26 is the worst I hate the liquid glass and I hate the new designs so Apple please.

Sign iOS 18 for users

Because none of us like iOS 26

Thank you!

Make sure You have a iCloud backup source from iOS 18 if you don’t then you will go to a trusted source to download iOS 18 pkg OS.