You are certainly like a majority of Samsung Galaxy S5 users in trouble to have battery life on your smartphone throughout your days. One of the factors that consume the most battery on smartphones are the applications running in the background. We will show you in this guide how to close applications on a Samsung Galaxy S5?
To do this, first, we will briefly show you the purpose of doing this procedure, then, how to quit one application, several applications at the same time, and to finish how to force an application to stop on Samsung Galaxy S5?
Why is it important to quit an application on your Samsung Galaxy S5?
To start this tutorial, we thought it would be fashionable to briefly summarize the advantages of closing an application on a Samsung Galaxy S5. Indeed, we tend to just return to the home screen of our smartphone, or lock it when we have finished our task. However, these methods do not in any way close the applications that are in progress, they are actually just put in the background and continue to function.
And, of course, if they run, it means that they will consume your Samsung Galaxy S5's resources, this is problematic for two main reasons, we strongly advise you to close all the applications that you are not using for:
- Gain battery life on your Samsung Galaxy S5 , the processor which will be less used will consume less energy and this will have repercussions on your battery, in the event that you have battery problems on your Samsung Galaxy S5, you can read our little file on this subject
- Improve the performance of your Samsung Galaxy S5 , in addition to the energy gained, you will free up space on your smartphone's RAM and on the processor, so your smartphone will be more efficient for the rest of the tasks you ask it to perform
How to close apps on Samsung Galaxy S5?
It's time to show you the different techniques available to quit an application on your Samsung Galaxy S5. As we told you, it is particularly beneficial for the general performance of your phone to do so, in the event that you do not think you will be using an app quickly, so consider applying one of these techniques.
How to quit a single application on Samsung Galaxy S5?
In case you just want close an application on your Samsung Galaxy S5 , nothing could be easier, you will only have to carry out the few instructions given below. This action is useful when you have just used an app that you are not used to using and you want to close it to prevent it from consuming power:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5
- Press the button with the three horizontal lines at the bottom of your screen that represents the task Manager
- Navigate the interface by sliding to the right or left until you position yourself in front of the application you want to quit
- Drag the app up to exit
How to close all applications on your Samsung Galaxy S5?
Second possibility, in the event that you are not going to use your smartphone in the next few minutes / hours, and that you do not have anything open that you really want to review, we advise you periodically to close all applications on your Samsung Galaxy S5 To free up space and avoid draining your battery life, follow these guidelines to do so:
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S5
- Press the button with the three vertical lines at the bottom left of the screen to access the task manager
- Now press "Close all" , in this way, all applications open on your smartphone will be quit
How to force an app to close on Samsung Galaxy S5?
In the event that you have the feeling that an application does not really close and always remains open, it is possible to force an application to quit on a Samsung Galaxy S5 . The procedure is a bit longer, however you are sure of its effectiveness, here it is:
- Open the "Settings" of your Samsung Galaxy S5
- Go to the menu "Applications"
- Find the app you want to close in the list and click on it
- Tap at the bottom of your screen "Force stop" , so your application will be quit
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