How to Turn Off iOS 26’s Moving App Icons

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If you are like me, you may have moving application icons on the home screen of your iPhone at the moment. It took me a few days to notice it, but now when I bow my phone, below, left or right, my icons will really move in this direction, and the salient facts that the new liquid glass effect added around them will also move.

Technically, this is not a new feature. Apple calls it “the parallax effect”, and if you’ve already played an old 16 -bit Cavoirer, you’ve probably seen it. It is when a background moves at a speed different from that of the foreground. The parallax effect was first added to iOS returning to iOS 7, but since iOS 16, users complain that it was broken. I have certainly not seen it in the past two years, but now it seems to have changed.

During Second iOS 26 betaUsers have indicated that the parallax effect was back, and now that iOS 26 is live, it always seems to work. Finally: it only took Apple to correct this bug.

The problem? It turns out that I don’t really like the parallax effect on the icons of my application. I do not represent everyone here, because many comments in the wires shared above are encouraged. But for me, it makes me feel dizzy a little, as if I looked at the wheel of a hypnotist every time I dare to do anything with my phone other than to leave it perfectly motionless.

My friends from Lifehacker are also divided on the question, but hey, at least the Writers in Gizmodo have your back. Fortunately, if you are like me, you can deactivate the parallax effect, but it comes with compromises.

Activate movement reduction

As Deactivate the transparency of the liquid glassThe most effective way to deactivate moving icons on the home screen of your iPhone is to use the accessibility menu. To do this, you will have to browse towards Settings> Accessibility> Movementthen switch to Reduce movement.

BAM, your icons will now remain firmly rooted on your home screen, no matter how you tilt your phone. Even the new highlights that made The icons in black mode look tilted Because some will remain in place (this will not solve the optical illusion, because it must do more with the contrast than where the icons are, but it is a nice touch).

Unfortunately, this comes with a drawback, because reducing the movement not only affects parallax icons. It also reduces the animations of your system level.

For example, with this activated parameter, the windows of your application will not minimize slowly in the application switch when you slip any more. Instead, you will instantly pass from a complete view in the view of the application switch. Your mileage can vary on what you think, even if I felt like I made my phone less responsive.

The applications do not develop slowly from the icon with a reduction in the movement, but instantly entering a full view when you press them, although with a small deploying animation that plays in the corners.

Use a solid or degraded background

If you prefer to keep your animations at the system level, but you still do not want to see the parallax effect, you can rather adjust your background. Because moving icons must contrast with something to really become noticeable, the use of a solid background or degraded should tone them without you needing to reduce the movement.

To do this, press your locking screen for a long time, then press the + button at the bottom right. Scroll until Color And choose a wallpaper you like. You can also do your own gradient and simply save it as a photo, then define it as a wallpaper by typing on the photo application and scrolling until you see the Use as a wallpaper button.

The drawback here, of course, is that you will not be able to use a photo of your pet or a family member in the background. Unacceptable, I say, but some of my colleagues are ready to make this sacrifice.