Mobile applications greatly simplify the life of users around the world. Thanks to them, people can learn, work, communicate, follow the news and just relax. Regardless of the purpose of the program, it can start to freeze, crash or disobey the user. In this case, experts recommend reloading the problematic software. Let's tell you how to restart the application on your Android phone.

Through the window of running programs

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• Unlock your phone.
  

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• At the bottom of the screen, there are usually three buttons (not taking into account the "special features" button, which is activated in the settings). The first one is shaped like an arrow and is called "back", the second one is labeled differently and is called "home". It is always located in the center. And the third button is responsible for opening the list of running programs, we need it. Click on it.
  
• The list of applications will open. Find the program that you need to close and swipe it up or to the left (depends on how you display the list of applications).
  

Done. After these steps, the program will close. Note that this method will not work on some phones if the application has permission to run in the background. After closing, the user can immediately open the program again. This is by far the most popular way to restart the software.

Through settings

This method is a little more difficult to implement, but it is more effective because it allows you to close programs forcibly. The algorithm of actions:

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• Open the settings. To do this, click on the gear icon in the notification bar.
  

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• Go to "Apps" and then to the "All Apps" subsection (if there is one).
  

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• Find the program you want to stop and click on it.
  
• On the page that opens, click on the "Close" button.
  

Now you can reopen the application. By the way, in the same section there is a "Clear" or "Erase Data" button, when you click on it, the user can return the software to its factory state.

It will behave as if it was just installed from Play Market.

Possible problems

Program restart is a standard function that is provided on all phones. Alas, but even it can sometimes fail. If the above methods did not help, then we suggest performing the actions below, which will definitely stop all background and active processes:

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• Clean the RAM of your phone. RAM is cleared in the built-in utilities. For example, on Xiaomi, to do this, open the Security app and then click on the "Boost" button.
  
• Reboot your phone. To do this, press the power button until a selection menu appears. In this menu, click whatsapp on computer the "Reboot" button.