Apple uses Rapid Security Response Updates to deploy critical fixes to security issues, and these updates are pushed to your iPhone or iPad automatically by default. While this is generally a good thing, since these little micro-updates are installed to protect your device from critical security issues, and installing them does not even require the device to restart, very rarely you may experience an issue after a rapid security response update has been installed on your device.
If you experience difficulties with your iPhone or iPad after a rapid security response update has been installed on your device, read on to learn how you can remove the most recently installed rapid security response update from your iOS or iPadOS device.
How to Remove Rapid Security Response Updates from iPhone & iPad
- Open the Settings app
- Go to “General” and then choose “About”
- Tap on the version of iOS / iPadOS shown in the About screen
- Choose “Remove Security Response”
That’s it, the most recently installed rapid security response update has been removed from your device.
Keep in mind that removing a rapid security response update may leave the device vulnerable to an active exploit or security issue, which is the entire reason that Apple released the the rapid update patch to begin with. Thus, you will only want to remove the security response updates if you are having problems directly associated with it having been installed on your device.
One of the many perks to these rapid response updates is that they are installed automatically and without requiring a device reboot, which is unlike the typical system software update process on iPhone and iPad, which always requires the device to restart to complete installation of.
The ability to receive (and remove) rapid security response updates is available in iOS/iPadOS 16.4 and newer, earlier versions do not support these features.
What do you think of rapid security response updates on iPhone and iPad? Have you ever had a problem with one of them before? Share your experiences and thoughts in the comments.
