How to Restart an iPhone (All Models)

However advanced technology may be, sometimes we need to restart our devices, especially our smartphones, from time to time — that is, turn them off and back on again. This restart process that we apply to devices can have a positive effect in certain situations. This process, which practically brings a device back to itself in cases of lag, overheating, and freezing, comes in handy for us quite often. How do you restart an iPhone? How do you turn off an iPhone? How do you turn on an iPhone? How do you restart an iPhone? In this article, we showed you how to restart iPhone devices depending on the model. Here are the details...

How Do You Restart an iPhone? 2023

As with all devices, iPhones also offer the ability to restart. However, this process isn't done directly with a restart option on iPhone devices. To perform this process on iPhone devices, you need to do it manually yourself. In other words, iPhones don't offer an automatic restart option. You need to perform this process by first turning the device off and then turning it back on again. This fairly simple process can be manually performed in 2 steps whenever you like.

However, this process isn't performed the same way on every iPhone model. That's why in this article, we showed you how the restart process is done and with which buttons on the iPhone. Now let's look together at how the restart process is done depending on the iPhone model.

iPhone 5, SE (1st Generation), and Earlier Models

To restart your device;

First, press and hold the power button on the top right corner of your device for 30 seconds (Max. 30 sec.). Then the slide-to-power-off text will appear on your device's screen. Turn off your device by sliding this slider where the slide-to-power-off text is located.

Then wait about 30 seconds to make sure your device has completely turned off, and to turn your device back on, press and hold that same power button on the top right again until the Apple logo appears on your device's screen. The device will then turn back on.

iPhone 6, 7, 8, and SE (2nd Generation) Models

To restart your device;

First, press and hold the power button on the right side of your device for 30 seconds (Max. 30 sec.). Then the slide-to-power-off text will appear on your device's screen. Turn off your device by sliding this slider where the slide-to-power-off text is located.

Then wait about 30 seconds to make sure your device has completely turned off, and to turn your device back on, press and hold that same power button on the right side again until the Apple logo appears on your device's screen. The device will then turn back on.

iPhone X and Later Models

To restart your device;

First, press and hold either of the volume up or volume down buttons on the left side of your device along with the screen lock button on the right side of your device at the same time for 30 seconds (Max. 30 sec.). Then the slide-to-power-off text will appear on your device's screen. Turn off your device by sliding this slider where the slide-to-power-off text is located.

Then wait about 30 seconds to make sure your device has completely turned off, and to turn your device back on, press and hold the screen lock (power) button on the right side of your device until the Apple logo appears on your device's screen. The device will then turn back on.

Using the methods above for the relevant models, you can restart your iPhone device.