Here is a guide to soft restarting your iPhone.

If you upgraded from an older iPhone model to a newer model, such as the iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro, but have never needed to soft restart it, you may be unsure where to begin.

We’ll show you how to soft reset your iPhone, when to restart it, and how to force a restart if your phone isn’t responding.

How to soft reset your iPhone?

Turning off your iPhone is the simplest way to perform a soft reset. This method is commonly referred to as a “soft reset”. This is because you will not lose any data and nothing will be deleted from your phone. Consider a soft reset if your phone is running slowly, an app won’t launch or work properly, or you have a minor problem but your iPhone is still responsive. On the X, 11, 12, 13, and 14 series iPhones, Apple changed how to perform a soft reset, which previously required you to hold down two buttons. All you’re doing here is switching off your phone.

1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons at the same time. The sleep/wake button is located on the right side of the iPhone X and later models.
2.  Slide your finger to the right on the Slide to power off slider that appears.
3. When the screen goes black and there is nothing on it, press and hold the Sleep/wake button until the Apple logo appears to turn it back on.

If you have an iPhone SE, iPhone 8 or earlier, you can shut it down by holding down the Sleep/wake button until the slider appears.

If you have iOS 11 or later installed, you can also go to Settings > General and scroll to the bottom to find the Shutdown button. When you tap Shut down, the Slide to power off slider will appear. Then, proceed to step 2 above.

What if the restart doesn’t work?

If your phone is unresponsive or failing, you can try booting into recovery mode, which should allow you to update or restore it. There is another option if you can’t get past the Apple logo or if your phone simply won’t respond.

While this may be your only option for saving your phone, it will delete everything you previously had on it. Hopefully, you followed our guide on how to back up your iPhone so that you can recover your data if you accidentally erase it. Here’s how to boot into recovery mode.

iPhone 8 and later models:

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes. Open a Finder window on a Mac running macOS Catalina or later.
2. Quickly press and release the Volume Up button.
3. Quickly press and release the Volume down button.
4. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the recovery mode screen appears.
5. In iTunes or Finder on your computer, select Update or Restore to start resetting your iPhone.

iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus:

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes. Open a Finder window on a Mac running macOS Catalina or later.
2. Press and hold the Sleep/wake and Volume down buttons simultaneously until the recovery mode screen appears.
3. In iTunes or Finder on your computer, select Update or Restore to start resetting your iPhone.

iPhone SE 2016, iPhone 6S or older models

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes. Open a Finder window on a Mac running macOS Catalina or later.
2. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time until the recovery mode screen appears.
3. In iTunes or Finder on your computer, select Update or Restore to start resetting your iPhone.

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