How To Reset, Force Restart and Reboot Your iPhone

How To Reset Your Iphone, Force Restart And Reboot

How To Reset Your Iphone, Force Restart And Reboot

How To Reset Your iPhone, Force Restart and Reboot

If you run into a weird glitch on your iPhone maybe the sound won’t work, or apps keep crashing, or you can’t make calls your first step should be to perform a quick restart. This will refresh the software on your iPhone and likely fix whatever’s gone wrong.

And if your iPhone is so bugged that you can’t even restart it, a force restart works just as well. This method “forces” your iPhone to turn off, even if it’s frozen.

Here’s how to restart or force restart any iPhone and what to do if restarting doesn’t fix the issue.

How to restart an iPhone

The exact steps to restart your iPhone will depend on what model you have. If you’re not sure which iPhone model you own.

Quick tip: The button we call the Power button is also sometimes called the Lock button or the Side button.

If you have an iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or iPhone 13

1. Press and hold both the Power button and either of the Volume buttons.

2. When a slider labeled slide to power off appears at the top of the screen, drag it to the right.

 

Restart newer iPhones by holding Power and a Volume button…

3. Wait a few moments for the iPhone to completely turn off and for the screen to go black.

4. Press and hold the Power button until the Apple logo appears.

If you have an iPhone SE, iPhone 8, or earlier

1. Press and hold the Power button.

2. When the slide to power off appears at the top of the screen, drag it to the right.

The Power button is on the side of the iPhone.

3. Wait for your iPhone to fully turn off and for the screen to go black.

4. Press the Power button until the Apple logo appears.

Quick tip: You can also restart any iPhone model by opening the Settings app, tapping General, and then selecting Shut Down.

How to force restart an iPhone

When your iPhone freezes, it might not even be able to show you the power slider. In this case, you’ll need to “force” your iPhone to restart.

Don’t worry this won’t harm your iPhone at all. Just beware that if you were working on a project, this will likely erase any unsaved data.

Again, the steps will change depending on which iPhone you own.

If you have an iPhone 8, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone X, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or iPhone 13

1. Press and release the Volume Up button, then press and release the Volume Down button.

2. Press and holdthe Power button.

3. Keep holding the Power button until the Apple logo appears.

If you have an iPhone 7

1. Press and hold the Power button and Volume Down button.

2. Keep holding the buttons until the Apple logo appears.

If you have an iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone 6, or earlier

1. Press and hold the Power button and Home button.

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