How to Refresh iPhone

Where is the iPhone’s Refresh Button?

There are a few things you can do to speed up your iPhone and apps if they’re slow responding or not responding. Refreshing your iPhone is the fastest and most well-known way to do this.

It is not possible to refresh an iPhone. To refresh the iPhone’s memory, there is no physical button. You won’t find any menus or other options in the Settings app, or elsewhere. These steps will help you refresh your iPhone’s memory.

How do I refresh my iPhone X or Newer?

A Home button is required to refresh an iPhone. The iPhone X has no physical Home button. However, the iPhone 8 does have a Home button. It’s different than previous models so these tips also apply. You can make a virtual Home button on your iPhone X. Here are the steps:

1. Go to Setting > accessibility > touch.
   
   
2. Tap AssistiveTouch > Move the AssistiveTouch slider from on/green.
   
   
3. Your screen now has an onscreen Home button. To reveal more options, tap it. We need the Home option.
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4. Go to Settings > General > Shut down.
   
   
5. Tap the Home button on the screen.
   
   
6. Tap and hold Home in the pop-up
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7. Let go of your iPhone’s screen when it returns to the home screen. If your iPhone has a passcode, it will go to the passcode entry screen. You have now successfully refreshed your iPhone.
   

How do I refresh my iPhone 7 or an earlier model?

It is easier to update an iPhone 7 or earlier than the newer models. These models also have a physical Home button that you can use. These steps are applicable to iPhone 4-7:

1. Hold the Sleep/wake/Side button down until the screen goes black.

2. You can let go of the Sleep/wake/Side key.
   
   
3. Hold the Home button down.

4. Let go of the Home button when you return to your home screen. Your iPhone has been updated.
   
   

What happens when you refresh your iPhone?

Clearing your memory clears your iPhone’s active memory, which is used to run apps and the operating system. This is a lighter version what happens when your iPhone restarts. This allows your apps and other critical components of the OS to restart and correct any issues that may have caused them to slow down. You don’t need to worry about data loss because only the active memory gets refreshed. All data stored on your iPhone remains untouched.

Have you refreshed your iPhone and are things still slow? It is always a good idea to do a complete reset. If that fails, you can update the slow apps or the iOS version.

FAQ

• How can I refresh my iPhone’s calendar?
  

  
  Open the app on iPhones running iOS 13 or later. Select Calendars and swipe down from top to refresh and sync the calendar information. If there is no update, make sure you have iCloud enabled for your calendars in Settings your name . You can also modify your calendar update settings in Settings Calendar Sync, and refresh the Calendar app.

• How can I refresh my iPhone’s cache?
  

  
  To clear the iPhone cache from Safari, visit Settings> Safari > Clear history and Website Data. Clearing the cache in other apps is easy. Select the app from the Settings menu and drag the tab to the Reset cached position.