How do I fully exit an app?

You may occasionally need to fully exit an app. There are several reasons you may need to do this, including:

• Freeing resources currently being used by apps you aren't actively using.
• If the game is stuck in a bad state and you think that maybe relaunching the app will help. If you're going to try relaunching, you should first fully exit the app to get rid of as much of the bad state as possible.

Nintendo Switch

Please follow these instructions from Nintendo: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22450/~/how-to-start%2Fclose-a-game-or-software-application

Xbox One

Please follow these instructions from Microsoft: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/apps-help/how-to-close-xbox-one-app-or-game

• Note that there's a difference between a short press and a long press. You want to do the short press; the long press will instead give you options for shutting down the system.

tvOS (Apple TV)

1. Double-press the Home button (the one with a television icon). This will bring up a "carousel" that shows all of your running apps if you swipe sideways.
2. In the carousel, scroll left and right to find the app you wish to exit. Then swipe upwards on an app to completely exit it. The app should disappear from the carousel if you've done it correctly. 

iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)

iPhones or iPads running iOS 12 and higher

Please follow these instructions from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201330

iOS 7 and later, so long as you're not in the category above

(Note: These instructions use the Triple Town app as an example, but this technique should work for any app.)

1. Start from the device's Home Screen--where you can see all the little icons for launching various apps. If you're not currently there, you get there by pressing the Home button (the main button on your device) once, which will minimize the current app.
   
2. Double-press the Home button (the main button on your device). This will bring up a "carousel" that shows all of your running apps if you swipe sideways.
   
3. In the carousel, scroll left and right to find the app you wish to exit. Then swipe upwards on an app to completely exit it. The app should disappear from the carousel if you've done it correctly.
   
4. Tap the picture of the Home screen and you'll exit the carousel and be back at the Home screen.
   

Earlier than iOS 7

1. Start from the device's Home Screen--where you can see all the little icons for launching various apps. If you're not currently there, you get there by pressing the Home button (the main button on your device) once, which will minimize the current app.
2. Double-press the Home button (the main button on your device) to open the "app tray" that shows all of your running apps if you swipe it sideways.
3. In the app tray, touch and hold the icon for one of the apps until the icons start shaking and little red circles appear in the upper-left of the icons.
4. Touch the little red circle of the app you want to completely exit.
5. Press the Home button once to stop the shaking.
6. Press the Home button once to close the app tray.

Android

Either of these two methods should work:

Force Stopping the app

Please follow the directions here for Force Stopping an app.

Exiting from the Task Manager / Recent Apps List (Android 4.0 and higher)

Android 4.0 introduced the Task Manager / Recent Apps List. Apps can be fully exited from here.

(Note: These instructions use the Triple Town app as an example, but this technique should work for any app.)

1. Bring up the Task Manager / Recent Apps List. There are different ways to do this on different devices; if your device isn't covered, email support@spryfox.com and we can try to figure out how to do it on your device.
• On the Samsung Galaxy S4, hold down the Home button for a few seconds. The Task Manager should come up.
• On the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Google Nexus 7, press the Recent Apps button. The Recent Apps List should come up.
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