If you’ve just bought a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, and new to the iOS world, and wondering how to close or kill apps then you’ve come to the right place.

When you double-click the Home button to access the multitasking tray or app switcher, you will be greeted with apps running in the background displayed in a card-based interface.

How to close an app?

To kill or force quit an app running in the background or force it to quit, double-click on the Home button to access the new app switcher or multitasking tray and then swipe up on the app that you want to close. You can close multiple apps (up to 3 apps) at a time using multiple fingers.

Check out this video to see how it is done:

If you want to close or kill all the apps running in the background at once, then you need to jailbreak your iOS device, and use jailbreak tweaks such as Auxo, Siracius etc that give you an option to close all apps at once. Check the following article for more details:

➤ How to close all apps at once on your iPhone or iPad

If you’ve any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments.