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How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

Barbara Krasnoff

created: July 25, 2025, 2:53 p.m. | updated: July 25, 2025, 6:32 p.m.

Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone’s display. Now, with Apple’s introduction of its Liquid Glass design for iOS 26, you can make your icons completely clear (assuming you’re a fan of the new invisible look). At the bottom of the screen, a pop-up menu will offer several options, including Light and Dark (so that the icons won’t change no matter what mode you’re in), Tinted, and Clear. A pop-up menu offers several options for customizing your icons. If you want to try something else, such as the tinted look, or go back to the way things were, just follow the same steps.

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