How to revert iPhone update from iOS 26.1 to a previous version?

tllindsey wrote:

I resent the fact that we buy our phones and computers and own them but have no say so about whether we want the updates. Dear Apple, keep your updates to yourself! You are not helping us.

It is possible to prevent your iPhone from automatically updating. I did not update to iOS 17 until shortly after iOS 18 came out, and did not update to iOS 18 until shortly after iOS 26 came out. (After the second update, I believe that I may have had to once again tell the phone not to automatically update any further.)

What you can't do is selectively update – picking only the pieces of a new operating system that you like.

And in the case of iPhones and iPads, you also get cut off from intermediate updates after a while - part of Apple's strategy to "encourage" you to run the latest version of iOS / iPadOS that your device is capable of running.

Onesourapple wrote:

I don’t have trust in this company!

Nobody is forcing you to have an iPhone. There are many options available to you and some cell providers are even running promotions where the will give you a phone. Be aware that Android 16 was recently released and includes the same style of Transparency and Blur effects, so you may need to do your research.

The new version of IOS has completely screwed up my email system and I can also no longer send items to my printer. I need the old IOS before this last update so everything will work again.

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do not tell me to accept this nonsense. How dare you.

I resent the fact that we buy our phones and computers and own them but have no say so about whether we want the updates. Dear Apple, keep your updates to yourself! You are not helping us.