I Can't close all apps in one on the iPad in one shot
Please we need an update for ipads for closing all the opened apps in one shot rather than closing them individually
iPad Air
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By design, it should not be necessary to manually close any open Apps. iOS/iPadOS should transparently and seamlessly manage its available resources as you switch between Apps and tasks, paging Apps and data between available RAM and local storage when memory is required for other tasks.
Some understanding of memory management may be helpful...
Open iOS/iPadOS Apps are generally in one of four states:
- The App is “Active” - it is running running in the foreground. When you switch tasks, the App will continue to run in active state for some minutes before its resources are released and is placed into an Inactive state.
- The App is “Inactive” but remains loaded in [fast] RAM. In this state, the App can be instantly restored to an Active state - but is not consuming CPU or other resources whilst in the inactive state.
- The App is “Inactive” and unloaded. In this state, the App has been completely offloaded (releasing RAM for use by other processes) but its running state has been saved to [slow] flash memory. Returning to an App in this state will cause the App’s saved state to be reloaded from flash memory into Active RAM - without the need to re-initialise the App.
- The App has been closed. All running data has been expelled - there is no “saved” state; relaunch will reload and re-initialise the App from scratch.
Memory management is generally a juggling act - and for the most part, you should allow the OS to manage its memory space. Fully closing and re-initialising an App is the slowest and most power hungry method of launching an App. Inactive Apps do consume some system resources, but by design, the required system resources to maintain this state are insignificant.
Force-closing an App releases all resources. Whilst the mechanism exists to do so (and in rare circumstances manual intervention to terminate an App may be necessary), a force close reduces system performance.
While can force-close Apps using the App Switcher page, or use the multitasking button (...) found at the top of most App windows to fully close an App, there is no mechanism to fully close all Apps in a single step. By design, a forced-restart your iPad will not fully close open Apps; while the restart will initially release system resources, the preserved/saved App state will be reloaded from storage as the previously open Apps are re-launched.
Apple invite submission of comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback portal. If you would like to see a specific feature or functionality in a future version of iPadOS, this would be the most appropriate channel through which to make a request:
