How to uninstall the iOS 26 beta on your iPhone (and why you might want to)

Apple recently released the developer beta of iOS 26 during WWDC 2025, and while the latest iPhone operating system isn't yet available in its public beta release, many users have already downloaded the developer beta version. But the developer beta versions are only pre-release versions of a software -- they're not the final release of the operating systems.

Also: How to install iOS 26 beta on your iPhone (and which models support it)

Because of this, they're notoriously buggy and sluggish, with features that don't work as intended, integration issues, and unresponsiveness. It's normal. If you downloaded the iOS 26 developer beta and are tired of experiencing these issues, you may decide to uninstall it or downgrade to the widely available iOS 18 and wait until its general release. 

How to uninstall iOS 26 and ...