You are probably like a majority of Samsung Galaxy S8 owners in trouble to have the battery on your smartphone without needing to recharge it before the end of the day. One of the components that consume the most battery on a smartphone are the applications that run in the background. We will teach you in this article how to close applications on a Samsung Galaxy S8?

In this context, first of all, we will quickly teach you the interest of carrying out this manipulation, 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 S8?

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Why is it essential to quit an application on your Samsung Galaxy S8?

To start this guide, we thought that it would be important to quickly summarize the advantages of closing an application on a Samsung Galaxy S8. In fact, we tend to just return to the home screen of our smartphone, or lock it when we have finished using it. Despite everything, these operations never leave the applications that are in progress, they are in fact just put in the background and continue to function.

And, obviously, if they work, it means that they will consume resources of your Samsung Galaxy S8, this is problematic for two different reasons, we strongly recommend that you close any applications that you are not using in order to :

  • Improve the battery life on your Samsung Galaxy S8 , 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 Samsung Galaxy S8, we invite you to consult our small file on this topic
  • Improve the performance of your Samsung Galaxy S8 , 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 S8?

It's time to teach you the different techniques that exist for quit an application on your Samsung Galaxy S8. As we told you it is really opportune for the general performance of your phone to accomplish it, if ever you do not think about reusing an app quickly, then consider applying one of these techniques.

How to quit a single application on Samsung Galaxy S8?

In the event that you simply want close an application on your Samsung Galaxy S8 , nothing could be simpler, you will just have to apply the few information presented below. This technique 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 S8
  • Click on 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 of your Samsung Galaxy S8?

Second option, if you are not going to be using your smartphone in the next few minutes / hours, and you don't have anything open that you really want to review, we recommend that you periodically close all applications on your Samsung Galaxy S8 To free up space and avoid draining your battery life, follow these few instructions to accomplish this:

  • Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S8
  • Press the button with the three vertical lines at the bottom left of the screen to reach the task manager
  • Now click on "Close all" , in this way, all applications open on your smartphone will be quit

How to force an app to close on Samsung Galaxy S8?

If you have the feeling that an application does not really close and always stays open, it is possible to force an application to quit on a Samsung Galaxy S8 . The process is a bit longer, however you are sure of its effectiveness, here it is:

  • Open the "Settings" of your Samsung Galaxy S8
  • Go to the menu "Applications"
  • Find the app you want to close in the list and tap on it
  • Tap at the bottom of your screen "Force stop" , this way your application will be quit

If you want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S8, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S8.