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title: "How to fix Messenger that keeps crashing or stops working on your iPhone X after installing a new iOS update"  
description: "How to fix Messenger that keeps crashing or stops working on your iPhone X after installing a new iOS update"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50437/how-to-fix-messenger-that-keeps-crashing-or-stops-working-on-your-iphone-x-after-installing-a-new-ios-update  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["iphone x"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to fix Messenger that keeps crashing or stops working on your iPhone X after installing a new iOS update

How to [fix](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81628/how-to-fix-your-broken-heart-try-out-these-ways-for-sure) [Messenger](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304280/10-best-mobile-messaging-apps-of-2024) that [keeps crashing](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50414/how-to-fix-an-iphone-x-that-keeps-crashing-shutting-down-randomly-after-updating-ios) or stops [working on your iPhone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50433/what-to-do-if-spotify-keeps-crashing-or-not-working-on-your-iphone-x) X after installing a new [iOS](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12425/ios-11-vs-android-o-a-comparison) [update](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156355/what-is-google-pigeon-update)\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

The recent changes in the latest iOS version may have caused the Messenger app to become a little glitchy in its initial run, so **try quitting and restarting it.** It may happen to any programme, especially if you're using a new platform, and deleting the app can assist. Here's how you do it: \

1. **Swipe up from the bottom of your screen** to the middle and keep it there until the App Switcher displays.
2. **Swipe left or right to find Messenger** in the list of applications.
3. Touch and **hold the Messenger** app firmly.
4. Then, to clear the app hit the **Minus (-) sign/icon.**
5. Alternatively, as soon as you see the negative symbol, **swipe up to quit the Messenger app.**

**Force all background programmes to terminate** if you have any other apps running in the background to avoid any conflicts. Any of these background programmes might possibly be the culprit.


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