There are multiple reasons as to why users of an Android phone would want to close apps; the apps that were running have hanged or crashed, or the user doesn’t want to close them one by one.
When apps are running in the background, then they are wasting battery life of an Android phone.
How to Close Apps on Android
Users usually don’t know that they can quickly shut down apps by just a tap, which is why they don’t bother with shutting them down one by one.
If a user knows how to shut down the apps that are running in the background, then he can choose to close the ones that he no longer needs to use, and keep those open that he is working with.
Home Screen
If a user wants to shut down apps from the home screen on an Android app, then following are the steps they should follow:
- There is a small square icon on the bottom of the Android’s screen
- Tap on the square icon
- Tap on the x icon that appears on top of all the apps that are running in the background
- All apps would be closed right away
Swipe Up and Down
If the user doesn’t want to close all the apps in one go, then he can swipe up and down to close the apps that he doesn’t want to run in the background.
Many Android phones have the option of swiping left and right for users if they wish to shut down running apps.
App Manager
App manager can have used for the apps that have crashed on an Android phone. The user should:
- Open the setting on the Android phone
- Tap Apps and notifications
- Open App manager
- When the list of all apps appear on the screen, the user should look for the one that is causing the problem
- Select the desired app
- Click on forced stop
- The forced stop option right away kills the app causing the problem
When users force stops a running app, because it has been causing problems, then it is best for them to reopen it, after the app has been fixed.
They can reinstall the app, ask the app developer to fix the errors that have been causing the app to crash or simply look for a similar app.
The three main steps of closing apps on an Android phone are through the app manager, swiping left, right, up and down or square icon.