iPhone X: Empty the memory - how it works

If the apps on your iPhone X start slowly and the device has general performance problems, the reason might be that the smartphone's memory is full. To get the iPhone running as fast as usual again, you can manually drain the memory.

Submitting the virtual home button - this is how it works

The iPhone normally manages and empties the working memory completely automatically. For example, if you start an app, the smartphone reserves the corresponding memory and releases it again when you close the application. Now and then, it can happen that an app does not close properly and continues to take up memory. Then you can help out by manually clearing the working memory.This works with the help of the home button. However, the iPhone X no longer has a mechanical home button, but you have the option to set up a virtual one.

1. Call up the "Settings"
2. Tap on "General" there and then call up the "Operating aids" category.
3. Select the "AssitiveTouch" item and activate the option.
4. Navigate back and also activate the option "Shortcut".

You will now find a virtual home button on the homescreen of your iPhone.

How to clear the memory of your iPhone X

To clear the memory now, you do not have to do anything more than tap on the icon for the operating assistance and press the virtual home button there. Keep the button pressed until the screen of your iPhone flickers briefly. The memory is then cleared and your smartphone should work again with the usual speed.