If you’ve upgraded from an iPhone X or Android device to an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, or iPhone 14 Pro from an older iPhone model, you may not know how to close apps on your phone. This guide will show you how to do that.
If you’ve ever owned a phone with a physical home button like the iPhone 8 or iPhone 7, you’re used to closing your various apps with the device’s physical home button.
Like Apple’s latest iPhone models, the iPhone 14 series doesn’t have a physical home button, meaning you have to use gestures to close apps.
This may seem a little strange at first, but it will only take you a few days to get used to the change. In this guide, we’ll help you do that.
Here’s how to close apps on iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
How to Close Apps on iPhone 14?
If you want to close your apps on an iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max, you need to turn on the App Switcher function. You can do this like this:
- While on the home screen or in an app, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold for a second and release when you see the App Switcher and your app cards.
- In App Switcher, you can navigate between apps open on your iPhone 14 by swiping left and right.
- If you want to close an app, simply swipe up from the app card.
Closing your apps may not improve your iPhone 14’s battery life, but it’s useful when you need to restart one or more of your apps. It can also improve the performance of your iPhone 14 if you are using the Background Refresh feature.
With Background Refresh enabled, your apps run in the background and this can have a negative impact on your device’s performance if you don’t manage it properly.