Background app refresh turned off but still working in apps

i have recently upgraded to an iPhone 16 pro and as many others seem to have an issue with bad battery life. So amongst many checks I have made sure that Background app refresh is turned off in my settings. However, when I go into settings for specific apps it is still on and greyed out so that I can’t even change it… how can I really turn off background app refresh?

Posted on Dec 3, 2024 3:44 AM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2024 6:13 AM

You’ve already turned it off. It’s off. When you enable background refresh again, Amazon will automatically start refreshing.


I have nearly 500 apps on my iPhone. When I turn off background refresh and turn on again, I don’t want to manually go through 500 apps individually turning them on or leaving off.

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