How to fix background app refresh that is turned on and greyed out?

I've notice every time I swipe up and leave open one app to go to another that after a couple minutes all the previous app completely restart. I've gone through my setting and background app refresh is off but on specific apps it's toggled on and greyed out so I can't turn it off. What do I do to fix it?

iPhone XR

Posted on May 1, 2021 8:09 PM

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Posted on May 1, 2021 8:16 PM

Is it possible that you have Screen Time Restrictions set to ON and that is preventing you from changing the Background App Refresh settings? Lets double check:

Open Settings ➔ Screen Time ➔ Content & Privacy Restrictions ➔ Background App Activities : Set this to ALLOW.


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