How to Close Unused Apps on an iPhone
- 1). Press the Home button on your iPhone two times in rapid succession. Your iPhone will display the icon dock bar.
- 2). Press and hold any icon displayed on your iPhone's dock bar for three seconds until the icons start to move. Release the icon.
- 3). Press the upper-left corner of any of the icons to close the unused application on your iPhone. Repeat this step for all unused applications you want to close.
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