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How to Force Restart an iPhone XR

Introduction

Performing a force restart should not delete any data, but it can be useful if your iPhone XR is frozen or needs troubleshooting.

  1. How to Force Restart an iPhone XR, How to Force Restart an iPhone XR: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).

    • Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).

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  3. How to Force Restart an iPhone XR: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.

    • The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the  logo.

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31 Comments

Unfortunately this did not work for me. It’s frozen so badly that I cannot even shut it off.

Larry Lambert - Reply

same happened to me, did not work

rhayribeiro11 - Reply

thanks it actually worked

nani_161 - Reply

What did you finally do to fix your phone

My xr is frozen and nothing is working

Robin Murray - Reply

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