I never swipe my iPhone apps closed and you shouldn’t either after Apple’s warning – ignore ‘battery saving’ myth
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STOP swiping your iPhone apps closed every day – it's a big mistake. It's easy to think you're giving a big boost to your iPhone's battery life and performance, but it's just not true. I haven't swiped for years. You shouldn't either. On an iPhone, you have the app carousel that appears when you swipe up from the bottom of your screen and hold.
![[If your iPhone battery life is bad, swiping apps closed won't help]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/apple-battery-000.jpg?strip=all&w=464)
It's where your "active" apps appear, ordered by how recently you've used them. Plenty of people swipe these apps away, effectively force-quitting them. But it's actually better to leave them there. Swiping them closed can actually make your battery life worse.
![[You should only swipe apps closed under very specific circumstances]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/recent-apps.jpg?strip=all&w=476)
So if you're swiping your apps closed multiple times a day, stop right there. Apple says that the only reason to ever swipe an app closed is if it's stopped working. In an official memo, Apple said: "If an app won't response or seems frozen, you can close it, then open it again.
![[Your battery gets worse over time naturally – and you can check its health in Settings]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/apple-battery-001.jpg?strip=all&w=472)
"You should close an app only if it's unresponsive.". In another memo, Apple noted: "If an app isn't responding, you can quit it and then reopen it to try and resolve the issue. "Typically, there's no reason to quit an app; quitting it doesn't save battery power, for example.".
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When you leave apps in the carousel, it means that they can be re-opened as efficiently as possible. They're not putting significant strain on your battery life, because they're kept in a suspended state. But if you close it, the app has to fully restart, which has a greater power demand.
![[You can find Low Power Mode in your iPhone's battery settings]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/apple-battery-002.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
