How to close applications on Android

The performance of the battery of our Android, like that of any mobile device, depends largely on all the applications that we are running both in the first and in the background. And is that although you do not see them active, many times applications such as Facebook, Twitter, your email accounts or your instant messaging programs are running in the background, which consumes resources and slows down the system. How to improve this situation and save battery ? In .com we explain how to close applications on Android .

Close applications on Android manually

It is possible to close applications on Android manually following some simple steps. However, this solution will only be temporary unless you repeat the procedure from time to time throughout the day.

To do it manually:

• Go to "settings", the icon with the nut
• In the option of "device" choose the alternative "applications"
• You will see the list of "downloaded" applications and also those that are "running", you must enter the running applications
• Once inside you can see all the applications that you have open and working in the first and second plane. Choose the application you want to close, enter and press the stop button. It will close automatically.

Take into account that there will be applications that, due to system execution processes, you will not be able to close.

Close applications on Android directly

The new devices that have Android also have a wonderful option to quickly close all those applications that we have open in the background. You only have to press the lower right button indicated in the image (that of the two overlapping rectangles) and then you will see all open applications. Simply slide your finger to the left to close them automatically and effortlessly.

Close applications on Android with apps

If what you want is that automatically and with certain periodicity the Android applications are closed without having to worry about doing it manually, then you should know that there are some apps in charge of closing every so often everything that is in the background.

Among the most popular you will find:

• Advance Task Killer
• Advance Task Manager
• Terminator App

Just go to your Play Store and search for "task killer" so you can access the many apps created for it. Then in the configuration of the application that you have chosen you can select how often you want to close everything that is running in the background.