In the event that you have realized, like the majority of Samsung Galaxy S21 owners, that your battery does not even last a day, it is surely that your mobile is constantly "under pressure" you will suddenly have to locate the cause of the problem. And one of the most common reasons for a battery draining too quickly is apps that aren't closed by the user and will drain your battery. In this article, we are going to help you, by showing you how to close background applications on a Samsung Galaxy S21?

To do this, first of all, we will briefly show you the interest of closing the applications that are running in the background on your Samsung Galaxy S21, then, how to close the applications in the background, first by going through the manager tasks, then, through the settings of your mobile.

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Why close the background applications on my Samsung Galaxy S21?

Before showing you in detail the technique for quitting the applications running in the background on your Samsung Galaxy S21, we will first show you the interest you will have in doing it. As we explained to you in the introduction, applications represent the major part of the resources consumed by the processor of a smartphone. Indeed, apart from the screen which of course is a very important source of consumption, it is the processor which requires the most energy from your battery.

You will therefore have to assimilate that each application which runs in the background, meaning which remains active when it is not open directly on your Samsung Galaxy S21, will requisition material resources from the processor and will saturate living memory. These two components will require energy to keep these applications on, and therefore the consequence for you, a battery that drains faster. It is possible to, if you have the impression that it is emptying too quickly, check the battery status of your Samsung Galaxy S21.

How to close background apps on Samsung Galaxy S21?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, we will very very easily teach you how to quit background applications on a Samsung Galaxy S21? As we explained to you, it may be interesting to do this if you discern latencies, drops in performance or a battery that drains too quickly.

How to quit background apps on Samsung Galaxy S21 using task manager?

First technique, it is possible to close background apps on a Samsung Galaxy S21 using task manager. This is the easiest method, but it is less effective with recalcitrant applications that usually restart directly after closing them. Implement the few instructions below to do so:

  • Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S21
  • On the bottom bar of your screen, press the logo of the three vertical lines, this will open your task Manager
  • In the latter, you will see all the applications open on your Samsung Galaxy S21, you can either close application by application by positioning yourself in front of the one on which you want to intervene, to do this swipe the screen to the left or the right to navigate. Once on the one on which you want to intervene, make a swipe-up to leave her
  • Otherwise you can click on "Close all" which will have the effect of closing all the applications open in the background

How to close the background applications on your Samsung Galaxy S21 through Settings?

Second possibility, you don't want to close all the applications in the background at once and you notice that some relaunch without you having done anything! There is a more drastic process to end all background app-related processes on a Samsung Galaxy S21, check it out below:

  • Open the "Settings" of your Samsung Galaxy S21
  • Look for the "Applications" menu
  • In it, press the application running in the background and that you want to exit on your Samsung Galaxy S21
  • Once on the page of this one, click on "Force stop" , this will have the effect of quitting all the processes of the current app

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