Dealing with a slow iPhone can be frustrating, but there are simple and effective ways to speed it up. While you may not be able to fix an older iPhone or one that needs a new battery, you can try adjusting a few settings to bring it up to speed. Here are two easy fixes that tech experts recommend for iPhones:
- Turn Off Background App Refresh Background App Refresh is a setting that allows apps to update their content in the background even when you’re not using them. According to tech expert Krizza Buendia, this can cause apps to consume a significant amount of battery and resources, slowing down your iPhone’s performance. Turning off this setting is simple and can improve your phone’s battery life and performance. To do so, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings
- Tap on General
- Tap on Background App Refresh
- Toggle off the switch for Background App Refresh or turn off the switch for individual apps
By doing this, apps will only refresh their content when you open them, instead of continuously running in the background.
- Remove Background Apps Abdul Saboor, a full stack developer, recommends periodically checking the apps installed on your iPhone and removing any that you no longer use. This will free up space and resources and help your iPhone run more quickly. To remove background apps, follow these steps:
- Swipe up from the bottom of the Home screen on an iPhone X or later model, and pause in the middle of the screen. If you have an iPhone 8 or an earlier model, double-click the Home button.
- Swipe either to the right or the left to move between apps.
- To exit the app, swipe up on the preview screen at the top of the screen.
Having a lot of apps open at once on your iPhone can slow down its performance, as it fills up the memory. Removing unused apps that run in the background will help improve your iPhone’s speed and performance.
