Force Quit TVOS App with Aluminum Silver Remote

I have an Apple TV 3rd Generation 32 GB A1625 (NOT the 4K model)

I don't have the black shiny remote, I have the aluminum classic remote

I have a few TVOS Apps that are acting up for various reasons or are poorly designed apps

HOW do I force quit an App with the Classic Remote???

tvOS 14.4


Restarting the Apple TV each time an app acts up is NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION.

Posted on Apr 7, 2021 5:49 PM

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Posted on Apr 7, 2021 7:34 PM

Buy a Siri Remote, or use the software remote on an iPhone or iPad. You need to use to TV/Home button to access the App Switcher, and that button is not present on the older remote.

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Apr 8, 2021 8:50 AM in response to Urquhart1244

So tell me - is this a Bug? A Feature? A Total Disaster of User Interface?


If you can hold the center button on the "donut" on the older remote, the App icon begins to shake, but the only options in the context menu are DELETE or NEW FOLDER? Like WHY IS THERE NO RESTART APP OPTION? WHY??? WHY????????/


WHYYYY??? should I be forced to use this *obnoxious* "sleek" (air quotes) Siri remote that came with this Apple TV - or spend several hundred dollars to buy another iDevice... when the option should be right there on the popup menu after holding the center button?


Good Grief.




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