How To Disable Background App Refresh on iPhone

If your iPhone’s battery drains quickly or mobile data runs out quickly, there may be one big reason for this – Background App Refresh. Your phone constantly updates apps in the background, which not only drains the battery quickly but also consumes data.

What is Background App Refresh

• The iPhone’s Background App Refresh feature allows even closed apps to stay updated in the background.
• Meaning if you open a news app and then close it, that app will still keep bringing new news in the background.
• Have you ever wondered how notifications come even without opening the app? Yes, this is its magic.
• But as smart as this feature seems, it can also become an enemy of battery and data.

Benefits of turning it off

• Battery life increases
• Mobile data consumption reduces
• Phone performance becomes slightly faster
• Activity of unnecessary apps is blocked

How to turn it off

Step 1: Open your iPhone’s Settings app.
Step 2: Scroll down in Settings and click on “General”.
Step 3: Under General, you will find the “Background App Refresh” option – tap on it.
Step 4: You will now see three options:
Off
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi & Mobile Data
Step 5: If you want only some important apps to work in the background and not others – you can go to Settings > App name > Turn off Background App Refresh.

Which apps should you close

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Gmail
• Amazon
• Flipkart