Comments on: How to Force Quit App on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

By: iPad or iPhone Freezes Up? Frozen on the Spinning Wheel? 3 Ways to Fix iOS Crashes

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:48:07 +0000

[...] first thing you can try is to force quit the frozen app, this works if the freeze is only app specific, and if you’re seeing the [...]

By: Quit Multiple Apps At Once on iPhone & iPad Using Multitouch

Quit Multiple Apps At Once on iPhone & iPad Using Multitouch — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:24:35 +0000

[...] isn’t a way to force quit multiple apps though, if you need to do that you’ll want to just reboot the device, which [...]

By: Stuck in Guided Access with iOS 6? Here’s How to Escape

Stuck in Guided Access with iOS 6? Here’s How to Escape — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:33:34 +0000

[...] just about everything is disabled when the feature is on, even Force Quit won’t work. Yes that means you’ll have to reboot to escape from Guided Access in [...]

By: Use Field Test Mode to See True iPhone Signal Strength as Numbers Instead of Bars

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:30:35 +0000

[...] always see the signal numbers rather than the signal bars, you’ll use the Force Quit app function to kill Field Test when it’s [...]

By: Force Quit a Stuck Application on the iPhone / iPod Touch

Force Quit a Stuck Application on the iPhone / iPod Touch — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:07:42 +0000

[...] it turns out you can force quit any app this way, not just stuck apps. stLight.options({ [...]

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:54:39 +0000

didnt work?!

By: Find Out What Apps Are Draining Your iPhone Battery Life with Carat

Find Out What Apps Are Draining Your iPhone Battery Life with Carat — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:07:20 +0000

[...] away at battery life. This is followed up with some recommendations on which apps should be quit, killed, relaunched, and some other helpful tips to improve and conserve battery [...]

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:54:42 +0000

Thanks that just saved my life!!!!!!! I was so scared that it broke till i saw this tip!

By: Radoslav Holan

Radoslav Holan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:47:33 +0000

There are sh*t tips, funny tips and great tips. This one is great. It time to time happnes that some shit written App crashes and freeze the phone. When it happens, I finally know what to do. Thank you (and, please, charge it finally =) )

By: Tod

Tod — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000

“amuck” ?? Should be “amok” I believe.

By: iBookmaster

iBookmaster — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:09:01 +0000

Actually this is a hard reset. To force quit an app, double press/click the home button at the bottom, a bottom shelf of apps pops up. Press and hold on the app you want to force quit. All bottom shelf apps wiggle with a minus sign over them. Press the minus sign on the app that you want to force quit.

By: RC

RC — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:55:36 +0000

Isn’t that the old trick?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:33:16 +0000

Interesting one.

By: irnen

irnen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:53:26 +0000

I had no idea you could do this, nice.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:30:01 +0000

Oops I usually just reboot my phone, LOL