Open the Recent Apps menu. Locate the app you want to close. Swipe the app card upward or to the side (varies by device). The ...

There's nothing more frustrating than the Netflix app freezing on your Apple TV just when you're about to witness the plot twist of that cheesy romantic comedy movie you're watching. Sure, this minor ...

There are many apps available for the Apple Watch that offer a wide variety of specialties. The problem is leaving too many of them running in the background at once can sometimes have an adverse ...

Sometimes, an app on Windows can just stop responding out of nowhere. That's annoying on its own, but it's even worse if you're not sure how to force it to close. Luckily, that’s easy enough to do.

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Android 16 Beta 3 has officially launched, and the new OS brings a couple of small changes that might normally go unnoticed. One minor but apparently important change is a new “close” app option that ...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 includes a quality-of-life improvement that allows immediate swiping away of recent apps to close them. The update removes the delay caused by waiting for the app-closing ...

For many iPhone users, swiping at the screen to get rid of open apps is a daily ritual. But this common habit may actually be draining your device, according to an Apple employee. TikTok user ...

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There's always one person you know who opens Messages to send a text, then swipes to close the app right after. They say they're saving the iPhone battery life, but this is not true. As it turns out, ...

If you frequently close apps on your iPhone to save battery life or improve performance, you might be inadvertently causing more harm than good. Apple’s iOS is specifically engineered to manage apps ...