How to Force-Close Running Apps on the iPhone X

in #iphonex7 years ago (edited)

While fully closing apps on your iPhone can keep it running at peak efficiency since it frees up memory and stops background refreshing, it’s best used as a way to deal with unresponsive apps. When you have an issue with a certain app, just force-close it instead of rebooting. But the process of force-closing on the new iPhone X is different than other models, so how do you do it? Since iOS 7, force-closing apps on most iPhones has remained the same and has carried over into iOS 11. So you will still double-click the home button and swipe up on the unresponsive app to close it. Since the… more