How-To: Turn Off Apps Running in the Background on Smartphones

 

Android

Select Settings, then Application

Manager.

 

Select the app you want to disable,

and press Force Stop.

 

On some Android devices, you can

also view all your running apps by

holding down the Home button. All

your running apps will appear. To

disable one, simple swipe the app to

the right. Or, to deactivate all apps,

select the Storage button on the

bottom left, and then select Active












 

BlackBerry

Steps apply to BlackBerry OS 6 and OS 7.

 

Press and hold the BlackBerry button

until the “Application switcher” comes

up. This shows you all the apps currently

running on your device.

Scroll to the app you’d like to close and

select Exit/Close.