

Turn off your iPhone or iPad by holding down the Sleep/Wake (Power) button until the Power switch appears and sliding it to the right. To restore your device to the stable version of iOS, you’ll need a Mac or PC running iTunes and a cable to connect your iPhone or iPad to that computer. RELATED: How to Reset Your iPhone or iPad, Even if it Won't Boot Device backups created using the beta version of iOS won’t restore to the old version of iOS, so you’ll need to either restore an old backup or set things up from scratch afterwards. This process will erase everything on your iPhone or iPad, however. Hold down Shift (PC) or Option (Mac) and click the Restore button.If you’re using a beta, or preview, release of iOS on your phone or tablet, downgrading is easy. On newer versions of macOS, you'll need to find your phone in the Finder.ġ. Once your device booted into Recovery Mode, iTunes should have opened up automatically on your computer and prompted you, at least if you're running macOS Mojave or earlier or you're a Windows user. There’s no turning back once we start this final process, so again make sure that you’ve backed up any photos, videos or other critical files on your iPhone. iPhone 6s or older, iPhone SE (original) or iPod Touch: Press and hold Home and Top buttons until the connect to iTunes screen appears.ĭowngrade your iPhone to an earlier version of iOS.iPhone 7/7 Plus: Press and hold Side and Volume Down buttons until the connect to iTunes screen appears.iPhone 8 or newer, including the iOS 12: Press and release the Volume Up button, press and release the Volume Down button, then press and hold the Side button until the connect to iTunes screen appears.The next step after thatdepends on what device you’re looking to downgrade. First power off the device, then connect it to your Mac or PC. To downgrade iOS, you'll need to put your iPhone into Recovery Mode. Downgrade iOS: Put your iOS device in recovery mode

Once you’re done downloading the version of iOS that you need, then it’s time to get your device ready for the downgrade.
