...all the while using battery to background refresh...
i always wish iOS had this. i always referred to it as a "kill em all" button
Unbelievable! No one has an answer for the OP's question, but instead of admitting that this feature doesn't exist, you argue your logic as to why it is not needed. Let me ask this for all of you who subscribe to the, "let them run in the background" theory. Why is it every single time I've taken one of my devices into the Apple Store because of software issues, the first thing the "Genius" does is check to make sure there are no apps running in the background? He wasn't asking about performance of apps or battery life.
He simply asked, "Is there any way to close all background apps at once in iOS 10?"
That is a yes or no answer, and if your answer isn't yes, you really don't even need reply.
This is why I can't stand web forums, everybody is an "expert". Even when they can't answer your question.
After downloading ios10, my computer will not let me turn off my apps by clicking twice
1. You can't, on any iOS.
Please do your homework before you post something you obviously have not tried. Turning the device off and then on does nothing to kill all background apps. They will still be there just as when you started the process.
If an app is running in the background, and you turn the phone off and then back on again, do you think that it will somehow magically continue to run in the background while the phone is turned off? Powering off will, by definition, close all apps.
Of course you can. Long press power, swipe to power off. Power the phone back on.
All apps running at the time you powered off were closed.
You don't need this in iOS. I barely close all my apps. IOS does a good job of managing background apps.
If an app is running in the background, and you turn the phone off and then back on again, do you think that it will somehow magically continue to run in the background while the phone is turned off? Powering off will, by definition, close all apps.
Please do your homework before you post something you obviously have not tried. Turning the device off and then on does nothing to kill all background apps. They will still be there just as when you started the process.
People who say "It's better not to" are actually right. Force closing an app clears the cache. And starting it back when needed, takes more time to start said app. This causes more battery drain than when you just leave the app in the taskswitcher. Ultimately it kinda beats the purpose of killing an app. You just don't save any battery life by closing app.So at this question people that don't know the answer responded: "it's better not to".
It's actually better to close the apps in the app switcher because they already work in the background even when closed.
this is correct.So there are 2 actual answers:
1. You can't, on any iOS.
If an app is running in the background, and you turn the phone off and then back on again, do you think that it will somehow magically continue to run in the background while the phone is turned off? Powering off will, by definition, close all apps.
So at this question people that don't know the answer responded: "it's better not to". It's actually better to close the apps in the app switcher because they already work in the background even when closed. So there are 2 actual answers:
1. You can't, on any iOS.
2. You can if you jailbreak your device and install an app like Swipe Home. Then you can swipe the home screen like when closing an app and it will kill apps.
Jailbreak now works on iOS 10.1-10.2 (do not upgrade to 10.2.1 if you want this), only on 64-bit devices (iPhone 5S or later).