To turn off the Liquid Glass effect on an iPhone running iOS 26, you cannot completely disable it, but you can substantially reduce it by turning on the "Reduce Transparency" setting. Here’s how:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Scroll down and tap Accessibility.
- Tap Display & Text Size.
- Toggle on Reduce Transparency.
This action reduces the transparency and blur effects from the Liquid Glass design, making the display elements more opaque and easier to read. It effectively minimizes the Liquid Glass appearance across the Home Screen, Lock Screen, notifications, Control Center, and supported apps, making your phone look more like previous iOS versions without the glass-like translucency.
Additionally, you can improve text visibility by turning on "Increase Contrast" in the same Accessibility -> Display & Text Size menu. On iPhone 15 Pro and newer, you can also assign a quick toggle for this setting via the Action Button for instant enabling or disabling of the effect.
In summary, enabling "Reduce Transparency" in Accessibility settings is the key way to turn off the Liquid Glass effect in iOS 26.