Top 7 Tips to Speed Up a Slow iPhone

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 9:52 am

Apple devices tend to perform seamless no matter you are on Mac, iPad, desktop or iPhone. These systems are designed meticulously to perform tasks in an effortless manner. Further, you can find all useful features built-in on your Apple device to deal with all performance issues.

It helps you manage over occupied storage space, helps you speed up device performance and even helps you keep your device security intact. In the series of Apple products, iPhones leads the premium segment when it comes to smartphone device market.

These nifty tools are best designed to offer you some amazing results. Despite the fact iPhones being potent devices still if you are facing performance issues on your device then we suggest you speed up your slow iPhone with these top 7 tips.

Tips to Speed Up iPhone Performance

Check iOS is Up to Date

The first thing you should check when trying to speed up your iPhone is to sniff around iOS updates. Check whether your device software is up-to-date as per available updates.

Updating should speed up things instantly and effectively. Further, it will also help you fix certain bugs, offer security patches and other improvement features to smoothen your device performance.

To check for updates, go to Settings > General > Software Update and follow the steps.

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Source: apple

Remove Unnecessary Apps

By removing unnecessary apps on your device you not only manage to recover precious storage space but it will also help you boost your iPhone performance. It will help you deal with performance and storage issues effortlessly.

To find and remove unnecessary apps on iPhone, go to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage and tap “Manage Storage” under Storage.

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Here, you will find a list of all apps and space occupied by them. Sift through all these apps to find unnecessary ones and remove them instantly to recover storage space.

Alternatively, you can remove apps by heading to Home Screen and pressing & holding down the app until it jumps about and click on the “X” button in the corner.

Kill Background Processes

Automatic Downloads feature was meant to make your device performance smoother but when it keeps on updating apps and other services continuously it makes your device run slower.

Thus, you can consider disabling this feature by heading to Settings > iTunes & App Store and turn off all Automatic Downloads options (music, apps, books, updates).

turn off automatic downloads

Source: apple

Further, you should also consider turning off Background App Refresh feature to smoother your device performance. To do this, go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and turn it off.  This simple tweak in settings will help you speed up your slow iPhone instantly.

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Source: cnet

Clear Safari Cookies and Data

Your browser keeps tab on frequently visited pages and preferences to stores data in the form of cookies and cache files. It usually helps you load similar data instantly as your browser need not to download every bit of information related to the same task from the Internet.

Though, when not emptied over time this data accumulates in large amount occupying precious storage space and making your device performing slow. To deal with it, go to Settings app > Safari > Clear History and Website Data.

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Source: osxdaily

Turn Down the Graphics

If you need to choose between aesthetics or speed then choosing speed would be a natural call. Turn down all unnecessary graphics on your device to instantly boost your iPhone performance.

To do this, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion and turn it ON. This will turn off the parallax effect of icons and alerts on your device.

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Clean Unnecessary Data

Finding and cleaning unnecessary files on your device will not only help you recover storage space but it will also boost your iPhone performance. Sift through all files & folders on your device to find and remove unnecessary ones.

Here, you can remove unwanted music files, pictures, audio files, videos, documents and other files.

Restart Device

Restarting device will help you fix unruly apps & services and help you clear out memory to speed up your slow iPhone instantly. How to restart the iPhone?

Well, you have the clue!!

Conclusion

There comes numerous useful built-in utilities & features when it comes to speed up your slow iPhone. Here, you can fix all performance issues including slow performing iPhone, over occupied storage space, security issues and numerous other issues.

The benefit of having iPhone devices is not only limited to some amazing features but it also reduces your dependency to install third-party apps to perform numerous tasks. Following above-mentioned steps, you can boost your slow performing iPhone seamlessly.

Author Bio:

Dinesh Lakhwani

Dinesh Lakhwani, the entrepreneurial brain behind “TechCommuters,” achieved big things in the tech world. He started the company to make smart and user-friendly tech solutions. Thanks to his sharp thinking, focus on quality and the motto of never giving up, TechCommuters became a top player in the industry. His commitment to excellence has propelled the company to a leading position in the industry.

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