iPhone X swipe up to close apps not working on iOS 14/13


Apple have recently launched iOS 13 with some new and innovative features. Apple have listed some of new and very unique features in the latest iOS 13 making the iOS version more powerful. iOS 13 was rolled out n 19-September-2019 and iPhone users across the globe have upgraded their iPhones to iOS 13. Below are some of the new features listed :
  • Systemwide Dark Mode
  • Revamped Photos app
  • New Photo editing interface
  • Sign in with Apple option
  • Location data limits
  • Look Around view in Maps
  • New Reminders app

iPhone X swipe up to close apps not working on iOS 13

With all these new feature Apple is ready to impress the users but at the same time the new iOS 13 does not seems to be stable as iOS 12. Lots of complaints are getting received from the iPhone users with basic functionality broken.



One of such issues is faced by iPhone X users where swiping up the apps does not close the app, or remove the app from RAM. When user open list of opened apps, there is no way to swipe up and close the app on iOS 13 with iPhone X.

This is an annoying bug as if users wants to get rid of the app completely by closing it, iPhone users will have to restart the iPhone everytime. The issue seems to be widespread. The iPhone users have Tried restarting, rebooting, and erasing the phone but nothing helps to fix the issue permanently.


How to fix iPhone X swipe up to close app not working on iOS 13 :


Many iPhone users have reached Apple for reporting and fixing the issue but the Apple support is not able to rectify the issue and stating that it can be hardware issue. But seems more like a bug in iOS 13. Hopefully it gets fixed with iOS 13.1 


Workaround : Use Assistive Touch



Until Apple comes up with permanent fix for the issue you can  use AssistiveTouch to get a software Home button (Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> AssistiveTouch).
Hopefully this will save lots of time.





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