App Switcher → swipe app up

Close an App on iPhone

iPhone · Gestures & Navigation

Action	Close an App
Shortcut	`App Switcher → swipe app up`
Platform	iPhone
Category	Gestures & Navigation

About this shortcut

On iPhone, you can close an app with App Switcher → swipe app up. Open the App Switcher, then swipe the app card up. It sits in the Gestures & Navigation group and is one of the iPhone shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard iPhone conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to close an app.

2

Press the keys

Press App Switcher → swipe app up.

3

Done

Open the App Switcher, then swipe the app card up.

More Gestures & Navigation shortcuts

Go Home

Swipe up from bottom

or Touch ID: press Home

Open App Switcher

Swipe up and pause

or Touch ID: double-click Home

Switch Between Apps

Swipe left/right along bottom edge

Open Control Center

Swipe down from top-right

Open Notification Center

Swipe down from top-left

Spotlight Search

Swipe down on Home Screen

Reachability (Lower the Screen)

Swipe down on the bottom edge

Activate Siri

Hold the Side button

or “Hey Siri”/“Siri”