Click the {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/7/70/Android7expandless. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/7/70/Android7expandless. png/30px-Android7expandless. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

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Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc (or right-click the taskbar and then click Task Manager). On the “Processes” tab, click the name of the program you want to close. Click End task in the bottom-right corner of the window.

Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc (or right-click the taskbar and then click Task Manager). Click the Startup tab at the top of the window. Click the name of the program you don’t want starting when you turn on your computer. Click Disable in the bottom-right corner of the window.

Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge for best performance, but if you notice that Edge slows down your computer, you might want to try a different browser.

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Control-click the program’s app icon in your Mac’s Dock. Click Quit in the pop-up menu.

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On an iPhone X, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to the middle of the screen and leave your finger there until your open apps appear. If double-pressing the Home button doesn’t do anything, you don’t have any currently open apps.

Memory-intensive apps, such as video-editing or streaming apps, will have more of an effect on your iPhone’s RAM than simpler apps.

You may first have to disable Siri to do this. If you use an iPhone X, you’ll have to turn on AssistiveTouch and then do the following: open Settings, tap General, scroll down and tap Shut Down, tap the AssistiveTouch icon, and hold the Home button until the Home Screen reappears.

You may first have to disable Siri to do this. If you use an iPhone X, you’ll have to turn on AssistiveTouch and then do the following: open Settings, tap General, scroll down and tap Shut Down, tap the AssistiveTouch icon, and hold the Home button until the Home Screen reappears.

iPhone 6S and down — Press and hold the Lock and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears on-screen, then release the buttons and allow your iPhone to restart. iPhone 7 and 7 Plus — Press and hold the Lock and Volume Down buttons until the Apple logo appears on-screen, then release the buttons and allow your iPhone to restart. iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X — Press and release the Volume Up button, press and release the Volume Down button, press and hold the Lock button, and release the Lock button when the Apple logo appears.

Open Settings. Tap Apps. Select an app that you want to close. Tap FORCE STOP at the top of the page. Tap FORCE STOP or OK when prompted.

If you don’t have a Samsung Galaxy, the rest of this method won’t work for you.

If you don’t have a Samsung Galaxy, the rest of this method won’t work for you.