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Apple Will Let You Remove Rapid Security Response Updates in iOS 16

Apple in iOS 16 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-16/) added a new Rapid Security Response feature that's meant to make it quicker and easier for the company to deploy security improvements to iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) users without a full iOS update. By default, Rapid Security Responses are installed automatically, but Apple has implemented a way to remove them.



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In an updated support document (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204) shared today, Apple says that you can remove a Rapid Security Response from your device by going to Settings > General > About, tapping the iOS version, and then tapping Remove Security Update.



Apple says you can then reinstall the Rapid Security Response at a later date, or wait for it to be installed permanently as part of a standard software update. It is not clear why a Rapid Security Response would need to be removed, but it's nice that users will have the option.



<div class="center-wrap"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So it seems like the Rapid Security Responses are removable until they are baked into the next iOS update. pic.twitter.com/xAcHCHuIPS (https://t.co/xAcHCHuIPS)</p>&mdash; Aaron (@aaronp613) September 12, 2022 (https://twitter.com/aaronp613/status/1569426352247377921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

There is also a toggle for turning off automatic installation of Rapid Security Responses, which then allows them to be downloaded manually.<div class="linkback">Related Roundups: iOS 16 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-16/), iPadOS 16 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipados-16/)</div><div class="linkback">Related Forum: iOS 16 (https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/ios-16.238)</div>
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Source: Apple Will Let You Remove Rapid Security Response Updates in iOS 16 (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/12/ios-16-remove-rapid-security-response-update/)