You are surely, like a majority of Google Pixel 3a XL owners, in trouble to have battery life on your smartphone throughout your days. One of the factors that consume the most battery on mobile phones are the apps running in the background. We are going to teach you in this article how to close applications on a Google Pixel 3a XL?

To do this, to begin with, we will briefly teach you the purpose of doing this operation, then, how to quit one application, several applications simultaneously, and to finish how to force an application to stop on google pixel 3a xl?

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Why is it essential to quit an application on your Google Pixel 3a XL?

To start this tutorial, we thought it would be important to briefly summarize the advantages of closing an application on a Google Pixel 3a XL. In fact, we tend to just return to the home screen of our mobile phone, or lock it as soon as we have finished our task. However, these procedures do not in any way close the applications that are open, they are actually just put in the background and continue to function.

And, of course, if they work, it implies that they will consume resources from your Google Pixel 3a XL, this is problematic for two main reasons, we strongly recommend that you close any applications that you are not using in the goal of:

  • Improve battery life on your Google Pixel 3a XL , the processor which will be used less will consume less energy and your battery will thank you, if you ever have battery problems on your Google Pixel 3a XL, we invite you to consult our article on this topic
  • Improve the performance of your Google Pixel 3a XL , in addition to the energy gained, you will free up space on your mobile phone's RAM and on the processor, so your mobile phone will be more efficient for the rest of the tasks you ask it to perform

How to close apps on Google Pixel 3a XL?

Now is the time to teach you the different techniques available to quit an application on your Google Pixel 3a XL. As we told you it is really beneficial for the general performance of your mobile phone to do it, if ever you do not think about reusing an app quickly, consider implementing one of these techniques.

How to quit a single app on Google Pixel 3a XL?

In case you want to very easily close an application on your Google Pixel 3a XL , nothing could be easier, you will just have to carry out the few instructions proposed below. This solution is relevant when you have just used an app that you are not used to using and you want to quit it to prevent it from consuming energy:

  • Unlock the screen of your Google Pixel 3a XL
  • Press the button with the three horizontal lines at the bottom of your screen that represents the task Manager
  • Navigate the interface by sliding right or left until you position yourself in front of the application you want to quit
  • Drag the app up to exit

How to quit all applications on my Google Pixel 3a XL?

Second possibility, if you are not going to use your mobile phone in the next few minutes / hours, and you don't have anything open that you absolutely want to see again, we often recommend that you close all applications on your Google Pixel 3a XL To free up space and avoid draining the autonomy of your battery, apply the following guidelines to do so:

  • Unlock your Google Pixel 3a XL
  • Click on the button with the three vertical lines at the bottom left of the screen to reach the task manager
  • Now press "Close all" , in this way, all applications open on your mobile phone will be quit

How to force an app to close on Google Pixel 3a XL?

In the event that you have the impression that an application does not close completely and always remains open, it is possible to force an application to quit on a Google Pixel 3a XL . The handling takes a bit longer, however you are sure of its effectiveness, here it is:

  • Open the “Settings” of your Google Pixel 3a XL
  • Go to the menu "Applications"
  • Find the app you want to close in the list and click on it
  • Click at the bottom of your screen on "Force stop" , this way your application will be quit

If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Google Pixel 3a XL, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 3a XL.