How to disable animations on home screen and app context changes?

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How to disable animations on home screen and app context changes?

How can I make things load instantly instead of in an animated way? I get that some people might like the animations, but for me it's just a slower load on everything making my phone worse to use. I just want things to load instantly and snappy like they did, there's no amount of time spent on an animation that I value more than just rendering the information on screen faster.

I assume these animations will have some impact on battery life, either through computational demand or through just having to take marginally longer to do anything on my phone, and I also value that battery life.

Honestly, these animations have made my phone less valuable to me. If I could just disable them somehow that would be amazing.

iPhone 16 Pro

Posted on Dec 17, 2025 6:10 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 17, 2025 6:47 AM in response to mattsuid

Could you please clarify which animation you are referring to and which iOS version your device is running?

Specifically, these anmimation that may include:

• App open/close animations

The zoom-in when you tap an app icon and the zoom-out when you swipe home.

• Home Screen transitions

Swiping between Home Screen pages, Spotlight sliding down, widgets expanding.

• Context changes

Opening Control Center, Notification Center, App Switcher, Settings pages sliding in.

• Navigation animations inside apps

Push/pop animations when moving between screens (Settings is a prime offender).

• Context menus & sheets

Long-press menus, share sheets, and action sheets floating up from the bottom.

• Parallax & depth effects

Icons subtly moving as you tilt the phone (Apple calls this “motion”).

• Dynamic blur & fade effects

Background blurs when folders open or menus appear.

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Answer 2

Dec 17, 2025 6:49 AM in response to mattsuid

I wrote this link to help people with Liquid Glass. In this link you will also see how to minimize the animations. Read it all the way through and try some of the options --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community

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mattsuid Author

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Dec 17, 2025 7:18 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Thanks for the write up, it was helpful. There probably isn't enough control over experience for me to get to something I would be happy with in iOS anymore it seems, but you got me closer and perhaps they'll add more controls in future updates.

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Answer 4

Dec 17, 2025 7:25 AM in response to mattsuid

mattsuid wrote:

Thanks for the write up, it was helpful. There probably isn't enough control over experience for me to get to something I would be happy with in iOS anymore it seems, but you got me closer and perhaps they'll add more controls in future updates.

I'm glad it was helpful. Apple has released a couple updates since iOS 26 was released and with each one, more control over Liquid Glass was introduced. You might want to share your thoughts with Apple here as this is where Apple does listen to users --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

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