how do you close an app before turning your i-pad off?

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how do you close an app before turning your i-pad off?

How do you close an app before turning off your I-Pad?

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Posted on May 9, 2012 10:28 AM

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King_Penguin

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May 9, 2012 10:31 AM in response to sunflowergirl7

Most apps don't remain active when you go back to the home screen, but you can close apps completely (including the 'recently used' ones) by : from the home screen (i.e. not with an app that you want to close being 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of each app to close them, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.

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Answer 2

May 9, 2012 10:55 AM in response to King_Penguin

Thanks so much! That was exactly the answer I needed. When my I-Pad froze yesterday, I called an Apple Store near me and spoke with a tech. He walked me through the steps necessary to unfreeze it. When I asked what might cause this, he said having too many apps open can be the culprit. I thought merely shutting my I-Pad off, automatically closed the apps too. Not so. He then explained the steps necessary to accomplish this, but I forgot which buttons to push. He also suggested doing this at the end of every day as one way to avoid the "freeze". Since I didn't know this little trick, and have had my I-Pad for over a year, I had quite a few apps to close. So, thanks again and I'll write down the steps this time.

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