Some days our iPhones, like us, just can't seem to get it together. Your phone is stuck, frozen, or just not operating the way it should. The old IT adage of "turn it off and turn it back on" doesn't even work. In those cases, you need toforce quit your iPhone. ...
On my iPhone 7 Plus, I asked Hey SiriForce Close an App, but she replied to me with a positive response that As much as I would like to, I can’t close Apps, Mike. Bonus Tip – Force Quit an App in iPadOS on iPad using Gesture Try theiOS multitasking gestureto close recently use...
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When you want to force quit an app on the iPhone, including new models like theiPhone 14as well as older-model devices, follow these steps. 1. From theHome Screenor right from within an app that is stuck or you want to reboot,swipe upabout a third of the way horizontally from the b...
The iPhone and iPad are amazingly stable, but every once in a while you may run into an app that misbehaves itself and seems to become stuck in some infinite loop of iPhone-frozen madness. Thankfully, if you find yourself in that situation you canforce quit a frozen application on your ...
In this tutorial we explain how to close apps on an iPhone XS or other Home-button-less iPhone. For all the rest, take a look at ourHow to use the iPhone XSarticle. Bring up the app switcher On iPhones with Home buttons, you double-press that button to bring up the app switcher: ...
It's been a long-standing belief in some circles that using the multitasking feature of iOS to force quit apps can help save an iPhone's battery life, or improve the speediness of the software when the smartphone becomes slow. Earlier in the week, an iPhone user decided to email Apple CE...
Should you force quit apps on Apple Watch? Like iPhone and iPad, force-quitting apps in the hope of prolonging battery life or improving performanceis a bad idea that has the exact opposite effecton your Apple Watch battery. watchOS is better than any human at allocating system resources spari...
Bugs and errors can cause users problems by crashing apps and preventing them from being closed normally. Here's how to force quit frozen apps using theApple Vision Pro. App freezes are a common problem for computer users, with apps foriPhone,iPad, andMachalting workflows and generating anger...
Swipe up to force quit the app. Press the Home button again to return to the Home screen. Any other questions about managing apps? Let us know below. Master your iPhone in minutes iMore offers spot-on advice and guidance from our team of experts, with decades of Apple device experience ...