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Most of us will habitually close iPhone apps by flicking them away from the center of our home screen.

But do you should probably bother closing them, at all?

Two iPhones on an orange background showing apps being closed

The usual method of closing apps is pulling your thumb up from the bottom of your iPhone’s screen, then releasing to reveal the app carousel – you can then close apps by swiping upwards. But it should only be done if the app’s unresponsive

Apple’s SVP of Engineering, Craig Federighi, even commented on the topic a few years back.

While we havent seen the email directly, MacRumors reported that the emails headers were verified.

Of course, iPhones since then have steadily received memory boosts, going from 128MB to 8GB of RAM.

Two iPhones on an orange background showing apps being closed

The usual method of closing apps is pulling your thumb up from the bottom of your iPhone’s screen, then releasing to reveal the app carousel – you can then close apps by swiping upwards. But it should only be done if the app’s unresponsive

And modern apps are also more demanding than they were in 2016.

The suspended apps aren’t really hitting your battery or performance.

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