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Do you have a lot of apps on your Recent Apps list, making it difficult to find the app you need? If so, you can remove apps from the list with just a few taps. Cleaning the list will make it easier for you to find the application you're looking for.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: On a device that doesn't have a Home button and is running iOS 12

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   Swipe the screen from the bottom up. You'll tap below the screen and swipe up from the bottom, but don't swipe too quickly. This will bring up photos of your open apps on the left side of the screen.

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   Swipe left and right to see all apps. Simply swipe the screen left and right to see all open apps. With each swipe, the iPhone screen shows only one open app and the iPad screen will display 6 apps at once.

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   Swipe up to close the app. When you find an app to close, just swipe up the photo of the app to remove the app from the screen and close the app.
   • You can close multiple apps at a time by touching apps with 2-3 fingers and swiping up at the same time.
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Method 2 of 4: On iOS 12

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   Press the Home button twice.

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   Swipe left and right to see all apps. Simply swipe the screen left and right to see all open apps. With each swipe, the iPhone screen shows only one open app and the iPad screen will display 6 apps at once.

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   Swipe up to close the app. When you find an app to close, just swipe up the photo of the app to remove the app from the screen and close the app.
   • You can close multiple apps at a time by touching apps with 2-3 fingers and swiping up at the same time.
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Method 3 of 4: On iOS 7 and 8 operating systems

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   Press the Home button twice. Screenshots of all open apps will show a row on the device's screen.
   • If you have Assistive Touch on, tap the circle icon on the screen and tap the Home button twice.

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   Find the application you want to close. Swipe the screen left or right to see all open apps on your iPhone.

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   Swipe up on the app you want to close. This will automatically close the app. You can repeat the action for all apps that need to be closed.
   • You can touch and hold three apps, then swipe upwards at the same time to delete all three.

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   Return to the main screen. After closing the app, press the Home button once to return to the home screen. advertisement

Method 4 of 4: On iOS6 or earlier

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   Press the Home button twice. Icons for all active apps appear in a row below the screen.
   • If you have Assistive Touch on, tap the circle icon on the screen and then press the Home button twice.

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   Find the application you want to close. Swipe left and right of application icons to find the application to close. You can see many applications in the list.

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   Press and hold an app to close. After a moment, the app icons in the row start to shake, similar to when you rearrange apps on the home screen.

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   Press the "-" button on the icon to close the application. With this action, the app will be removed from the app list. You can repeat the action to close other apps, or return to the home screen by pressing the Home button. advertisement

Advice

• The iOS app will go into "Suspended" mode after a few seconds of inactivity. This means they won't drain your battery or slow down your phone. Closing applications in this way will not make your phone run faster or improve battery life.