How to Restart, Force Restart, & Shut Down iPad Mini 7
The iPad mini 7 is a great little iPad and the first mini model to support Apple Intelligence. If you recently got an iPad mini 7, you might be wondering how you can restart the device, shut it down, and force restart the mini, all of which are common tasks for troubleshooting and even just using the device.
Let’s review how you can perform the necessary power-related actions on iPad mini 7, including force restarting, soft restarting, and shutting the iPad mini down.
How to Force Restart iPad Mini 7
Force restarting iPad mini 7 is achieved through a series of button presses, follow in this order:
- Press and release Volume Up
- Press and release Volume Down
- Press and hold the Power/Lock button until you see the Apple logo appear on iPad mini screen screen indicating the device has forcibly restarted
The iPad mini 7 will now restart and boot up as usual.
You might need to perform a forced restart if an app crashes or the device freezes, or is otherwise behaving in an unusual way. Force restarts are a common and effective troubleshooting trick.
How to Shut Down & Power Off iPad Mini 7
Turning off iPad mini 7 will power the device off, which can be useful to preserve battery or to store the device. Here’s the process:
- Press and hold Power button and Volume Up buttons concurrently, until the “Slide to Power Off” screen shows on iPad mini 7 display
- Swipe on the “Slide to Power Off” toggle to power down iPad mini 7, turning off the device
The iPad mini 7 is now powered off, which can be useful for storage, traveling, shipping, preserving battery life, and other situations.
How to Soft Restart iPad Mini 7
A soft restart for iPad mini 7 is accomplished through simply turning the device off, and then back on again. Here’s how to do that:
- Press and hold the Power button and Volume Up buttons at the same time, until the iPad screen shows a “Slide to Power Off” option
- Swipe on the ‘Slide to Power Off’ toggle to power off the iPad mini 7
- Wait a few moments, and then press and hold down the Power button to turn the iPad Mini 7 back on again
A standard soft restart is a gentle restart and is useful to know how to do, but if you can only focus on remembering one then you’d likely want to remember the Force Restart instead since it is more useful for troubleshooting situations like a totally frozen device.
You can also power off and soft restart an iPad mini 7 by shutting down via Settings app, which turns the device off through software. To initiate a restart that way, shut it down via Settings, then simply hold the Power button again to turn it back on again.
