Apps relaunching from scratch

[Bablenet]

Hi everyone,

Total technophobe so please go easy, but I can't get my iPad air to relaunch apps from the 'start page' after I close them. If, for example, I have a web page loaded (not the Google home page with search bar) and I double click the home button and swipe safari away, when I relaunch safari it returns to the old page (which I am no longer interested in, generally!) rather than a 'fresh' home page to start a new search. Ditto 'mail', where I might read an email and leave it on the screen, 'swipe the mail app away' but when I relaunch it, it returns to the same (old) message. I know I should perhaps return to the homepage (or equivalent) before closing the app, but is there no way I can do this automatically on relaunch through a change in settings? I have tried the 'background refresh' in both both positions but it appears to make no difference. Thank you for your help.

 

[s2mikey]

I know that with safari, you not only have to close the app but have to do a swipe up gesture after showing running apps to actually close it down so it restarts from new. Same for the mail app, I'm pretty sure.

Does that make sense?

 

[Rodster]

Safari, will display the last page viwed even if you shutdown the app. The same should apply to Mail.

 

[s2mikey]

Safari, will display the last page viwed even if you shutdown the app. The same should apply to Mail.

Yeah, I guess you're right. You have to make sure you get back to the landing page so to speak before it will truly start fresh. I think.