Wallpaper blurry on iPhone Home Screen: Fix

Is the wallpaper on your Home Screen got blurred on the iPhone? Don’t worry. Nothing has happened to your phone. This is one of the customization feature iOS offers, where you can just blur the image on your Home Screen. Just disable the effect, and it will restore the older image in no time.

Fix – Turn off the blur effect

The blurriness you are getting on the wallpaper is the blur effect that comes as a part of the customization features available on iOS. So, it’s very easy to turn off the blur effect on the image of the lock screen.

Step 1 – Unlock the iPhone and find the gear button (⚙) there.

Step 2 – Open it up to get access to the iPhone Settings.



Step 3 – In the main Settings page, open the “Wallpaper” tab.

 

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Inside the Wallpaper settings, you will find all your wallpaper and lock screen combinations.

Step 4 – Find the one that are you using (the one where the wallpaper is blurred).

Step 5 – Once you have got it, tap the “Customize” button there.

 

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Step 6 – If you look closely, you will find the “Blur” symbol at the bottom corner.

Step 7 – Tap that once to deactivate the blur effect from the wallpaper.

 

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That’s it! That is the standard way of disabling the blur effect on the wallpaper. Do check it out.

There is one more alternative way of doing this. You can do this directly from the lock screen.

Step 1 – Wake up your iPhone, but don’t unlock it right way.

Step 2 – Now, hold down the lock screen image. There you will see the “Customize” button in the bottom part. Tap that.

 

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Step 3 – You will find the “Home Screen” right there.



Step 4 – Tap that once to load it up.

 

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Step 5 – The rest of the process is similar. Simply, disable the “Blur” effect and tap “Done” to complete the process.

It is that simple to disable the blur effect from the wallpaper.

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