How to Force Quit Your iPhone: A Step-by-Step Guide

Forgetting to close an app can slow down your iPhone significantly and even cause it to crash, but the good news is that you don’t have to restart your phone or reboot it if this happens. You can force quit any app on your iPhone with just a few simple steps, giving you the power to quickly return your device to working order again.

Open the Settings app on your iOS device

• From the Settings app, scroll down until you see General. Click on it.
• Scroll down until you see Force Quitting Apps.
• On this screen, you will be able to force quit your apps by clicking on them and swiping up with your finger.

Force quitting is a way of restarting an app that may have frozen or stopped responding. You can also force quit individual apps from the App Switcher, which appears when you double click on the home button from any other part of iOS. If the app does not come back after you force quit it, try rebooting your device. If none of these steps work for you, contact Apple Support for more help.

Scroll down and tap on General Section

If you have apps on your phone that are constantly crashing, force quitting may be your best bet. Force quitting is a built-in feature of the iOS operating system.

Force quit any app by following these steps: Double tap the home button for multitasking, then scroll to the left until you find the app that’s not working and slide it up from the bottom of the screen. The app will close immediately. It may restart automatically if this was an ongoing problem with the app. You can also try holding down the power button and sliding to turn off your device in order to reboot it.

Tap on Shut Down

There are a few ways to force quit your iPhone. You can force quit by tapping on the icon at the bottom of your phone, then choosing Force Quit. Another way is by using a three finger swipe from left to right. The third way is by pressing and holding the power button on top of your phone until you see power off appear on the screen. Force quitting will not erase any data stored on your device, but it will close all open apps. It may take up to 10 seconds for the force quit process to be completed. If the app is still running after 10 seconds, tap it again or press the home button to go back to your home screen. Now that you know how to force quit an app on your iPhone, get back to work!

Conclusion

Force quitting your iPhone is not as hard as it seems and takes just a few minutes out of your day. If you are having any problems with your phone, or want to make sure everything on it is running smoothly, force quitting will solve those issues for you. To force quit your iPhone, follow these steps: go to the home screen and hold down the sleep/wake button until the power off slider appears; then press and hold the home button; this should cause the app that was open when you pressed the sleep/wake button to close.