{"id":6246,"date":"2022-12-07T05:41:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepcsoft.net\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2023-04-29T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T18:55:36","slug":"how-to-close-firestick-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepcsoft.net\/how-to-close-firestick-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Close Firestick Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me, you love your Amazon Firestick. It&#8217;s a great way to watch all your favorite shows and movies. But one thing that can be annoying is having to constantly close apps that you&#8217;re not using. <br><br>Here&#8217;s a quick guide on how to close apps on your Firestick.\n\nFirst, open the app that you want to close. Then, press the Home button on your remote control. <br><br>This will bring up the main menu. From there, scroll over to the right and select the Settings option.\n\nIn the Settings menu, scroll down until you see the Applications option. <br><br>Select it and then choose Manage Installed Applications.\n\nThis will bring up a list of all the apps that are currently installed on your Firestick. To close an app, simply select it and then press the Force Stop button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> To close an app on your Firestick, simply press and hold the Home button on your remote for a few seconds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> A menu will pop up on the screen with different options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Use the directional pad on your remote to highlight the Exit option and press the Select button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> You will be prompted to confirm that you want to exit the app<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Select Yes to confirm and close the app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/firestick-home-settings.jpg\" alt=\"How to Close Firestick Apps \" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Credit: www.hellotech.com <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do I Close Apps on Fire Stick? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to close apps on your Fire Stick: from the Home screen and from within the app.\n\nTo close an app from the Home screen, press the Menu button on your remote and then hover over the app you want to close. A small x will appear in the top right corner of the app icon. <br><br>Select this x to close the app.\n\nTo close an app from within the app, press the Menu button on your remote. This will bring up a menu of options specific to that app. <br><br>One of these options will be \u201cClose\u201d or \u201cExit\u201d. Select this option to close out of the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do I Stop Programs from Running in the Background on Firestick? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re like most people, you probably have a few apps or programs running in the background on your FireStick. While this isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing, it can be if those apps are using up valuable resources that could be better used by other apps or processes. Fortunately, there&#8217;s an easy way to stop programs from running in the background on FireStick.\n\n<br><br>To do this, simply go to the Settings menu and select Applications. From here, select Manage Installed Applications. This will bring up a list of all the apps and programs that are currently installed on your FireStick. <br><br>Simply select the app or program that you want to stop from running in the background and press the &#8220;Stop&#8221; button. That&#8217;s all there is to it!\n\nOf course, if you want to completely remove an app or program from your FireStick, you can always uninstall it by selecting the &#8220;Uninstall&#8221; option from within the Manage Installed Applications menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPEED Up Your FIRESTICK and Close Background Apps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPEED Up Your FIRESTICK and Close Background Apps\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zXM-alMM3nY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Clear Recent Apps on Firestick <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re like me, your Firestick is loaded with apps. And, if you&#8217;re like me, you probably don&#8217;t use all of those apps on a regular basis. So why not clear out the ones you&#8217;re not using to make room for new apps? <br><br>Here&#8217;s how to do it:\n\n1. Go to Your Apps &amp; Channels section.\n2. Select Manage Installed Applications.\n<br><br>3. Select the app you want to delete and press the menu button on your remote (it looks like three horizontal lines).\n4. Select Delete from the menu that appears.\n5. Confirm that you want to delete the app by selecting Yes when prompted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to close apps on your Firestick &#8211; just press and hold the Home button on your remote for a few seconds. A menu will pop up with all of the apps that are currently running; simply select the one you want to close and press the Home button again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n        {\n        \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n        \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n      \"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\": \"Question\",\n        \n        \"name\": \"How Do I Close Apps on Fire Stick? \",\n        \n        \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \n        \"text\": \"\n\nThere are two ways to close apps on your Fire Stick: from the Home screen and from within the app.\n\nTo close an app from the Home screen, press the Menu button on your remote and then hover over the app you want to close. A small x will appear in the top right corner of the app icon. Select this x to close the app.\n\nTo close an app from within the app, press the Menu button on your remote. 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