Apple Layoffs 2026: Latest Cuts, Timeline & WARN Notices

Seventy-nine positions at One Apple Park Way, Cupertino. Forty at 605 West Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale. Twenty-eight more at 599 North Mathilda Avenue.

That is what Apple's layoff notice to California lists. It is dated August 20, 2026. The separation date is October 19.

Apple is the big tech company that skipped the 2023 layoff wave. Its CEO called mass layoffs "a last resort." Now there are state filings, a new CEO and a steady stream of reports about which team is next.

If you work there, a rumor and a filing look the same in your feed. They are not the same thing.

Apple layoffs today: latest update (October 30, 2026)

The newest verified Apple layoff notice took effect on October 19, 2026. It covered 147 positions in three Silicon Valley buildings, and it was dated the same week Bloomberg reported more than 200 cuts. No new Apple filing or announced round turned up between October 9 and October 30.

Verified 2026 cuts and related events, newest first:

• October 9 to 30: no new notice or announcement. California's WARN report, updated through October 28, lists no Apple entry beyond the August notice (California EDD). Maryland's 2026 log, with entries through October 29, lists only the April store notice (Maryland DOL). Apple filed no 8-K reporting exit or disposal costs.
• October 19: California separation date. The effective date for all 147 positions in the August notice (California EDD).
• September 29 (reported): engineering program managers removed. Over the previous two weeks, Apple's hardware engineering group dismissed a number of engineering program managers, including about six directors. They have weeks to find other internal roles; those who do not could be laid off later this year, according to Bloomberg (The Next Web). Apple declined to comment.
• September 20 (reported): Fitness+ cuts. A small number of staff working on audio features, including Time to Walk and Time to Run, were laid off. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman wrote that he did not believe the service was on the "chopping block" (9to5Mac).
• September 1: new CEO. John Ternus, previously senior vice president of hardware engineering, became CEO; Tim Cook became executive chair (Apple 8-K).
• August 20: California WARN notice, 147 positions. Cupertino (79) and two Sunnyvale buildings (40 and 28), all with an October 19 effective date. EDD received it August 21 (California EDD).
• August 20 to 21: more than 200 roles cut. About 100 in the Vision Pro group, where a gaming team is largely being shut down and Immersive Video is being scaled back, and about 100 across Siri, software and the Intelligent Systems Experience team (9to5Mac, MacRumors).
• April 9: three US store closures announced for June. Towson (Maryland), North County in Escondido (California) and Trumbull (Connecticut). WARN notices dated April 23 list 135 workers at the first two (9to5Mac, Maryland DOL, California EDD).

Apple's statement on the August cuts: "While we will create new roles as part of this change, it will also impact a limited number of existing roles." California's current WARN spreadsheet, covering July 1 to October 28, 2026, lists no other Apple entry.

That answers "what is happening now." The harder question is whether any of it is unusual for Apple.

On an H-1B or OPT?

If your employment at Apple is ending, request the actual employment end date and immigration documents from HR first. Review the I-94, approval notices and any salary-continuation or severance arrangement with immigration counsel; do not calculate from the date a payment reaches your bank.

Does Apple do layoffs? The record since 1997

Apple went through 2023 without a mass layoff while Google cut about 12,000 roles. That record is real. It is also incomplete.

The scale difference with Apple's peers is the real story:

Apple's SEC filings tell the same story. None of its 8-K reports since October 2022 covers exit or disposal costs, and none of its 10-K or 10-Q reports since then discloses a restructuring plan or severance charge.

Small is not the same as safe. The full list shows how many teams have been hit.

Apple layoffs timeline, 2023 to 2026

Each row is a separate verified event, newest first. Counts can overlap, so the rows must not be added together.

News reports describe the cuts. State filings are where the dates and headcounts become official.

Apple WARN notices by state

A WARN notice is the most reliable record of an Apple layoff. It names a site, a headcount and a date.

The August 2026 notice is dated the day the first Vision Pro layoff report appeared. The records do not say whether its 147 positions are part of Bloomberg's 200-plus count, so adding the two would risk double counting.

Filings show where and when. They never say why.

Why Apple is cutting jobs in 2026

Each recent round traces back to a specific product, sales or management decision, according to Apple's statements and Bloomberg's reporting.

Headcount helps explain the small scale. CNBC noted in 2023 that Apple hired more slowly than rivals during the pandemic, and its annual reports show little net growth since then:

The reason for a cut matters less on the day notice arrives. The terms matter more.

Apple severance: what laid-off employees were offered

Apple has never published a severance formula. What exists is round-by-round reporting, and one pattern repeats: an internal job search window comes first.

The official record is thin on terms. Employee forums fill the gap with guesses.

What Apple employees are saying (unverified)

Anonymous posts are leads, not evidence. None of them establishes a future layoff date, team or count.

Laid off by Apple? First steps

The first week sets up the next three months. Recent Apple rounds have come with up to three dates: a notice date, an internal search deadline and a separation date.

In interviews, name the restructuring, then move to a result and the role you want:

My role at Apple was eliminated in [month and year] when the company restructured [team, for example the Vision Pro group or enterprise sales].

Before that, I [one specific accomplishment, with a measured result].

I am looking for a role where I can keep doing [skill], which is why this position stands out to me.

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