How To Force Close An iPad App

This guide will show you have to force close/kill an iPad application on your iPad.

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Written by Mathieu Gordon
Updated over a week ago

Overview

Force closing an iPad application is a very integral part of trouble shooting for PicPic Social. Force closing an iPad app completely closes it, as opposed to letting the program run in the background when you regularly exit out of it. Follow these directions to properly force close an iPad app

Required Steps

A) Return To The Home Screen

B) Force Close The App

A) Return To Home Screen

Return to the home screen by pressing the Home button once. This will show your iPad background and all of the apps you can launch.

B) Force Close The App

Double click the Home button. You will then see all the active apps on your tablet. Swipe up to force close the PicPic Social app. This will fully close the app. Simply click on the PicPic Social app in order to attempt to re-connect it to your PC for use.

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