{"id":217222,"date":"2021-04-01T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-turn-off-background-app-refresh-on-iphone-or-ipad\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T13:00:20","slug":"how-to-turn-off-background-app-refresh-on-iphone-or-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-turn-off-background-app-refresh-on-iphone-or-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Turn off Background App Refresh on iPhone or iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#How to Turn off Background <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a> Refresh on iPhone or iPad&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-685964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/iphone_hero_august_2020_notch_blueblue.jpg?width=1200&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"iPhone outline with an Apple logo\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By default, your iPhone (or iPad)\u00a0lets apps check for new data in the background. It can reduce loading times when switching back to an app, but it also reduces battery life, takes a bit of cellular data, and could <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/05\/28\/its-middle-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking\/\">allow some apps to spy on you<\/a>. Here\u2019s how to turn \u201cBackground App Refresh\u201d off.<\/p>\n<p>First, open the \u201cSettings\u201d app on your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-685403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/iphone_tap_settings.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Tap the &quot;Settings&quot; icon on iPhone\" width=\"650\" height=\"274\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cSettings,\u201d tap \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-693581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/settings_tap_General.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"In Settings on iPhone or iPad, tap &quot;General.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cGeneral,\u201d tap \u201cBackground App Refresh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iphone_tap_background_app_refresh.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"In General, tap &quot;Background App Refresh.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"293\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Next, you\u2019ll see the \u201cBackground App Refresh\u201d settings. If you\u2019d like, you can disable Background App Refresh on an app-by-app basis here. Just tap the switch beside each app you\u2019d like to disable to turn it off.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/05\/28\/its-middle-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking\/\">Washington Post discovered<\/a> that some apps use the Background App Refresh feature to send data about your activities through the internet when you don\u2019t suspect it, so unless you completely trust an app vendor and think the refreshing is likely useful to you, it is probably best to turn the feature off for most of your apps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/background_app_refresh_individual_2.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"In &quot;Background App Refresh&quot; settings, you can turn the feature on or off for individual apps.\" width=\"650\" height=\"502\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Apple also makes it easy to completely disable Background App Refresh. To do so, tap \u201cBackground App Refresh\u201d at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tap_background_app_refresh_again.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Tap &quot;Background App Refresh&quot; again.\" width=\"650\" height=\"327\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On the next screen, select \u201cOff\u201d from the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/background_app_refresh_tap_off.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"In &quot;Background App Refresh,&quot; select &quot;Off.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"391\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After that, exit Settings, and you\u2019re all set.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Background App Refresh is one of the features that gets disabled when you enable Low Power Mode on your iPhone. Your iPhone will use less battery power in idle mode from now on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Use Low Power Mode on an iPhone (and What Exactly It Does)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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