How to force an iPhone restart

If you want to restart your iPhone due to repetitive error messages or your iPhone is frozen, this guide will help you how to perform a soft reset.

If your iPhone stops responding to your inputs, it makes sense to force a restart. To perform this soft reset, all you need is the right key combination. Depending on the iPhone model, the procedure differs.

Forcing a restart on the iPhone

If your iPhone can no longer be operated, you can not restart it as usual. With the right key combination, you force the restart of the iPhone.

1. First, briefly press the volume up button.
2. Then briefly press the volume down button.
3. Now hold down the side button until the Apple logo appears on the display.
4. Your iPhone now restarts.

In the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 8 as well as SE, press the Leister and the Standby button simultaneously until the device restarts.

Other iPhones with home button: So succeeds the soft reset

If hr iPhone model has a physical home button, proceed as follows:

1. On an iPhone with a home button, you must hold down the home and power buttons simultaneously for at least ten seconds.
2. After about ten seconds, in exceptional cases also after a little longer or shorter time, your iPhone vibrates slightly and a white Apple logo appears on your touchscreen.
3. After that, your iPhone restarts. Viele Fehler sollten nun nicht mehr auftreten, da das Gerät komplett neu hochgefahren wurde.