Is there any way to quit an app without it going to the multi-tasking tray? e.g. I'm using safari, I quit it, but it's still running in the background. Any way to REALLY quit it? I know how to quit it once it's in the multi-tasking tray, but I'd like to eliminate the 'middleman' so to speak.
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How to Truly Quit an App?
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bump. I've had the same question ever since iOS 4. Maybe I'm just OCD but it's kind of annoying to have a ton of built up apps in the multitasking tray.
Why do you need to kill it completely? It doesn't actually run in the background and will give up any memory it uses automatically when a foreground app needs it.
To completely answer your question, there is no way to prevent it from going into the tray.
When you are viewing the multitasking tray, tap and hold the application you want to quit (just like you would do if you wanted to rearrange icons on the home screen). After a few seconds a little red minus will appear next to the apps. This allows you to quit or remove them from the tray.
Note: Most apps do actually quit, but are shown there as recently used apps.
Note: Most apps do actually quit, but are shown there as recently used apps.
FYI, Safari has always run in the background. It's just now brought to your attention. I discovered this when I was jailbroken on 3.1.2 and saw Safari was always in my Processes list unless I closed all tabs.
Activate app switching, then long press the app icon.
Will give you the minus sign to force quit the app.
Will give you the minus sign to force quit the app.
This is true but the problem is that by making every app run in the background by default kind of defeats the purpose of fast app switching because every app you open ends up in that dock that appears when you double click. Resulting in too many apps to cycle through.
Really there should be a setting with an on/off toggle switch that for each app as to weather or not you want it running in the background. For example everytime i open the clock app i have to go back in to close it because of poor design choices.
I think she meant without having to open the multi-tasking tray.
Also, to everyone else who responded, I didn't know that the apps weren't actually running. Thanks for the clarification!