Have you ever wondered what DIY would be like with your smartphone? You may wonder if this is okay. What if it ended up breaking and slowing things down? Instead of just saying “Do or Don’t” to users, we like to explain in detail what is really happening: the effect, the impact and the invisible background action. Therefore, we will elaborate on what happens when you force stop an application on your either .
Forcing an app to stop on iOS devices is pretty simple; Drag the app to the iOS app launcher. For Android devices, you need to launch the app info page (Settings > Apps & notifications > App info > select the app) and tap on the Force stop option. You can also use the Task Switcher feature of your Android phone.
Force Stop app on iOS
You already know how to force stop an app, but what exactly does it mean to force stop an app? And what happens next? Does this have a negative effect on application performance? Does it affect your smartphone? Is it safe to force stop an application? And when exactly should it be done? We answer all of these questions and more in the following sections.
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What does it mean to force stop an application?
Most people think that all apps are completely closed when they close them on the phone in the usual way, that is, by removing them from the app switcher. But this is not always the case. For example, an application running unfinished processes (e.g. a pending/in progress download) may remain active in the background for a few minutes or seconds after being closed. The application will eventually close, but not before ending any running processes and preparing to shut down.
On the other hand, some apps (like music player, health monitoring apps, instant messaging, etc.) no matter how many times you complete them, they keep running in the background.
Force stopping an app will completely (and immediately) terminate all foreground and background processes related to that specific app.
Is it safe to force stop an application?
Well, it depends on the reason or when you force quit the app. But for the most part, it’s completely safe to force stop an app. More details below.
Ideally, it is recommended to force stop an application only when it is malfunctioning, that is, if the application keeps crashing or if some of its functions do not work. Forcing an errant app to stop has a good chance of fixing the issues causing it to malfunction.
On the other hand, it is a bit dangerous to force stop an application, whether it is working correctly or not. You may lose unsaved data. We expand on this in the next section.
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You lose app data when you force stop an app
Force stopping an app will not delete any data saved on your device. However, unsaved data may be deleted depending on the processes running (foreground and background) in the application. Suppose you are typing in a note-taking app that does not automatically save your texts, force quitting the app will delete the unsaved text you composed.
Likewise, if an app is uploading data to a web server or downloading data to your device in the background, forcing the app to stop will interrupt the process and may corrupt data.
Forced stop frees up space
When you force stop an app, previously saved app data or cache data is not affected. Therefore, forcing an application to stop does not affect saving power. . Only the memory (RAM) occupied/used by the application will be downloaded and available for other applications. Thus, you can increase the speed and performance of your phone.
If you want to free up space on your or iOS, force stopping apps is not the right course of action. Check out the articles linked below for on how to save storage space.
- 8 ways to free up storage space on Android
- Top 9 Ways to Free Up Storage Space on iOS
- How can you free up 3GB of space on your iPhone?
- 4 great to make the most of the 16 GB of the iPhone
It affects the performance of the application.
Forcefully stopping an application can affect its performance and that of other applications in many ways. As mentioned above, forcing an errant app to stop can help restore its performance to normal. The app may run better and even faster when you restart it and rarely slower.
Likewise, when you force close an app (especially CPU and RAM intensive apps) and keep it closed, other apps may run better and faster. This is because forcing the application to stop frees up more memory than other applications can use.
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Force shutdown saves battery
Depending on the state of the application, forcing it to stop may or may not have a chilling effect. . For example, if an app is idle or suspended/minimized in the background and does not use CPU power, it will consume almost no battery. Therefore, force quitting the app may not save your device’s battery.
To check how much battery an app consumes, next.
for iOS
Go to Settings > Battery. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a list of apps and their battery usage (in %) over the last 24 hours.
for Android
: Go to Settings and select Battery.
2nd step: Tap the three dots icon in the upper right corner of the Battery menu page and select Battery usage.
You should see the app draining your device’s battery, as well as the percentage (in %) used since you last charged your phone.
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Forcing a battery-consuming app to stop will only save power if the app remains closed. The app will resume battery consumption this way. that you start it again. Again, unless an app is using a lot of your device’s power (especially in the background), forcing it to stop won’t save battery.
How to undo a forced shutdown
Once an application is stopped, the action cannot be . The app remains closed until you restart it manually. And that’s essentially the only way to undo a force close: reopen the app.
Forced stop demystified
At this point, we hope you have learned a thing or two about force quitting apps on your smartphone. As we established above, it is recommended to force stop an application only when it is not working properly. If you need (especially on Android), just close an app in the usual way. Force closing apps produces little to no battery saving results. Leave a comment below if you have any related questions that we haven’t covered in this article.
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