How to Close Apps on iPhone 11

A recent iPhone model iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Proand iPhone 11 Pro MaxYou may not know how to close apps running on your phone. In this guide, we’ll show you how to do that.

If you’ve upgraded from an iPhone 8, iPhone 7, or earlier iPhone model to an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro, you’re trained to close your apps with the home button.

The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max (like Apple’s iPhone 12 series, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and iPhone X) do not have a home button; that means you have to use screen gestures to close your apps.

While this may feel a little awkward for the first few days, it shouldn’t take long before you’re completely comfortable with the new process.

Here’s how to close apps on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

How to Close Apps on iPhone 11

If you want to close an app on your iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11 Pro Max, you need to turn on the App Switcher function on your phone. Here’s how to do it.

1. While on the home screen or in an app, swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone 11’s screen and hold for a second and then release when you see the App Switcher and your app cards.
2. In App Switcher, you can switch between apps open on your iPhone 11 by swiping left and right.
3. If you want to close an app, you have to swipe up from the app card.

Closing your apps may not improve the battery life of your iPhone 11, but it can improve the performance of your iPhone 11 if you are using the Background Refresh feature of iOS.

With Background Refresh enabled, your apps run in the background and this can negatively affect the performance of your iPhone 11 if you don’t manage it properly.