Transform your iPhone's appearance with iOS 26's new transparent icon design using simple homescreen customization settings.

Menus become contextual and buttons hide away when not needed. And yes, if you want, you can make your icons all clear. Which, admittedly, I think is neat and I will absolutely be doing that.

Transparent icon look in iOS 26: Apple adds "Clear" to light and dark Apple's new, glassy look can also be extended to iPhone icons. Fortunately, this is purely optional, because the overview suffers.