You wouldn’t believe how many people we meet who do not know how to force restart their iPhone. They often ask questions like, “why is my iPhone running so hot?,” “why is my iPhone running so slow?,” etc.
There are a few reasons why you might need to force restart your iPhone.
• If your iPhone is frozen or unresponsive.
• If your iPhone is stuck in a boot loop.
• If your iPhone is experiencing a software glitch.
• If your iPhone won’t turn on.
To force restart your iPhone running iOS 16 or later, follow these simple steps:
- Press and quickly release the volume up button.
- Press and quickly release the volume down button.
- Press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.
Once you see the Apple logo, release the side button. Your iPhone will then restart, rebooting from the ground up (note: force restarting your iPhone will not erase any of your data).
How to force restart older iPhones running iOS 15 or earlier:
• iPhone 7 or 7 Plus: Press and hold the volume down button and the side button at the same time until you see the Apple logo.
• iPhone 6s or earlier: Press and hold the home button and the power button at the same time until you see the Apple logo.
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Literally 99.999% of the people reading this post already know this very basic information.
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Thanks for this, MDN. Now I can just send the link to this article to people who ask me to fix their iPhones when they’re acting up. Your graphic shows it much more clearly than I’ve ever been able to explain it over the phone or text.
This is so beneficial for the other .001%.
Very intuitive. Apple should maybe add: do 3 steps forward, do 2 steps backward and clap 4 times.
Yes, I know how it is done. But that my 80+ years old parents don’t get it, is no surprise. With the older iPhones and older iOS it was no problem. Why not just tell Siri to do a force restart. It would be so much easier. Apple, what do you think?
That would be a power off, not a forced shutdown. Big difference.
I worked at an Apple store and cannot tell you how many customers came in with phone problems. I ask “Did you follow the instructions that appear when signing up for apple service on your phone?”It said- Try this before proceeding.” The showed how to do the restart. 99% of the time I would ask to see there phone, press the right buttons, and hand it back “Fixed” Thanks for visiting the store.” Inside me I would add next time save the drive and read the great big instructions.
Great Post! Thank you so much for sharing this helpful guide on how to force restart an iPhone. I think it’s essential to know these troubleshooting steps for unexpected situations. Today I found a similar informative article- https://setapp.com/how-to/how-to-fix-frozen-mac where they share complete tutorials about how to fix frozen or unresponsive Macs. Also, they explain the main reasons for frozen Macs and how to prevent it. I would like to suggest this useful post for Mac users who facing such issues on their Macs. Anyway, I really appreciate both Authors, for providing these valuable tips and guidelines to improve our iPhone user experience.