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HOW TO CLOSE APPS ON AN IPHONE X
HOW TO CLOSE
APPS ON AN IPHONE X
The iPhone X hasn't got a Home button, which
forces owners to reappraise what they thought they knew about operating an
iPhone. The Home button was central to a huge range of functions, from
triggering Siri and taking screenshots to, well, going back to the Home screen.
In this
tutorial we explain how to close apps on an iPhone X. For all the rest, take a
look at our How to use the iPhone X article.
Bring up the app switcher
On iPhones
with Home buttons, you double-press that button to bring up the app switcher:
a useful swipable carousel showing cached screens of your currently open apps
in order of recentness, allowing you to jump to or close down in-use apps with
ease. On the iPhone X you do this rather differently.
Swipe up
from the bottom of the screen - from the small line that indicates where the
X's 'virtual Home button' can be accessed. Swiping up and letting go will
take you to the Home screen, so instead swipe up and hold your finger on the
screen for a moment. The app switcher screen will appear.
The app
you're currently using - or used last - will be front and centre. Swipe right
to look at progressively longer-ago apps, until you find the one you want to
close.
Close the app(s)
Do a
long-press anywhere on the screen, and after a moment a little red circle with
a minus sign will appear at the top-left corner of each app. You're now in
app-closing mode.
To close an
app, you can either swipe up so it disappears off the top of the screen, or
tap the red circle on it.
To get out
of the app switcher, you can select one of the apps by tapping on its
thumbnail, or tap elsewhere on the screen to go back to the previous
screen.
Changes in iOS 12
When this
system was unveiled, a lot of iPhone X owners complained that it was
unnecessarily complicated - asking why it was necessary to hold down a finger
first before swiping up to close the apps. (On other iPhones you can swipe up
directly from the app switcher.)
Those people
will be pleased to hear that iOS 12 is set to simplify
matters. The middle step is cut out entirely: as soon as you get
to the app switcher screen you'll be able to swipe up on an app to close
it. At time of writing the update is available in beta, but the final public
release is expected in the autumn.
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