Force Restart Your iPhone

When something goes wrong with technology, the first step of troubleshooting is to restart or force restart a device. In this article, we will go over how to force restart your iPhone.

The steps to force restart an iPhone varies depending on the model you have.


Force Restart iPhone - Face ID

Press and quickly release the volume up button followed by the volume down button, then press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.

An iPhone 10 with the text volume up/down and side button, pointing to where they are located on the sides of the phone. The volume buttons are located on the upper half on the left side of the device with the volume down button below the volume up button and the sleep wake button is located on the upper half on the right side of the device.

Force Restart iPhone - Haptic Home Button (8, SE 2 & 3)

Press and quickly release the volume up button followed by the volume down button, then press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.

An iPhone 8 with the text volume up/down and side button, pointing to where they are located on the sides of the phone. The volume buttons are located on the upper half on the left side of the device with the volume down button below the volume up button and the sleep wake button is located on the upper half on the right side of the device.

Force Restart iPhone 7

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the volume down button at the same time until the Apple logo appears

An iPhone 7 with the text volume down and Sleep/Wake button, pointing to where they are located on the sides of the phone. The volume buttons are located on the upper half on the left side of the device with the volume down button below the volume up button and the sleep wake button is located on the upper half on the right side of the device.

Force Restart iPhone - Physical Home Button (SE 1 & 2G - 6s Plus)

Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time until the Apple logo appears.

An iPhone 6 and 5 with the text Sleep/Wake button and Home button, pointing to where they are located on the devices. On the iPhone 6 through the iPhone SE 3rd generation, the volume buttons are located on the upper left side and the sleep wake button is located on the upper right side of the deivce. On the iPhone 5 and below, the volume buttons are located on the upper left side and the power button is located on the top right side of the device.

Force restarting an iPhone is unnecessary most of the time. If you just need to power off and reboot your iPhone, see the following article:

Restart iPhone >


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Last updated: October 12, 2024

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An Apple Account can be created on an iOS device with iOS 9 or later.

Reference the original support article by Apple here: Force Restart Your iPhone - Apple Support

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