If you improve to iOS 26, you’ll instantly come face-to-face with Liquid Glass, Apple’s new graphical search for the consumer interface. Apple is worked up about Liquid Glass, however, as with every UI change, you would possibly discover it jarring and perhaps even a little bit arduous to learn. If you happen to’ve given it a great, lengthy look and determine you must make changes, you are able to do so.
Apple has an possibility to cut back the transparency–you possibly can’t fully flip it off, but it surely does make the impact extra opaque, which you would possibly discover extra snug. Right here’s the right way to change the setting.
- Open the Settings app.
- Faucet Accesibiity.
- Faucet Show & Textual content Dimension.
- Within the Show & Textual content Dimension part, search for Cut back Transparency and flip the swap to the on place. (You’re not turning off transparency; fairly, you’re turning on the discount of it.)

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Right here’s an instance of the impact of turning on Cut back Transparency within the App Retailer app.

The default Liquid Glass transparency (left) and the Cut back Transparency possibility on (proper).
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If you happen to customise the look of iOS in your iPhone, this will additionally have an effect on the transparency impact a little bit. To do that, faucet and maintain on the Residence display till the display icons jiggle and the take away (“-“) badge seems on the icons. Faucet the Edit button on the higher left, faucet Customise within the pop-up menu, and you may make tweaks to the colours of the Residence icons.