Hi. I have an iPad 7th gen running iPadOS 14.8.1. For testing purposes, I want to upgrade it to the latest release of iPadOS 17, even though the device wants me to upgrade to iPadOS 18.5. Is there a way to upgrade it to iPadOS 17?
btw this would free-up a newer iPad running iPadOS 17 so I can install iPadOS 26 beta.
Thank you.
There’s no supported way to do this. Once a new OS version has been released successfully, Apple blocks installation of old versions on devices that support that new version. If you need test devices on an old version, there are two approaches you can take:
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Get a device that maxes out at the old version.
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Update your device at the right time and then never update it again.
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