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title: "How to force your iPhone to restart"  
description: "How to force your iPhone to restart"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50315/how-to-force-your-iphone-to-restart  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to force your iPhone to restart

How to force [your iPhone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50411/what-to-do-if-your-iphone-x-can-t-be-detected-by-computer) to restart\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**[Force-restarting](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50639/how-to-force-restart-your-iphone-8-plus)** **an iPhone** from the previous four years is as simple as pressing three buttons: \

1. **The volume-up button** should be **pressed** and released several times.
2. **Press** and **hold the volume-down button** for a few seconds.
3. **Hold the side button down** until the screen turns off and then back on. When the Apple logo displays, you may let go of the side button.

**[Read More](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50558/how-to-fix-app-store-that-keeps-restarting-on-apple-iphone-8-after-ios-11-4-update)**


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