Kill an app after using it

Eirikr70

Hello,
I have the habit of killing the apps that I consider invasive after using them. Not being tech savvy, I don't know if it is a good practice or just useless in the context with sandboxes apps and full control of the permissions. I'd like to have some feedback on this habit. If it is valuable, do you think it would be worth having a "kill scopes" (😁) feature ?

treequell

Eirikr70 Force stopping an app doesn't do much, and is not a good idea. It can just be started again by any other app.

My advice is to either disable the app or put it in a secondary user profile and then end session (log out) of the profile when you are done.

gonzalo

You can hold the tap over the app go to info -> Stop, maybe also clean cache?

vvf69107

as far as i read on this forum apps can use permissions for about 2 seconds after closing max.
only if they show a permanent notification they can still sync or alternatively GSF can wake apps up to ensure notifications.

i'd love to be corrected on this

vvf69107

also i've heard that killing an app is a stupid idea very often

Eirikr70

vvf69107 Thanks for your detailed and didactic answer : it is of great help 😂

Duckduck

Also interested in the function of this. Duckduckgo app blocker says it keeps blocking 3. party access even when apps are closed (not forced stop). So I get a sense that some apps are running in the background and sending some data?

delta

I do this too. Killing the app should prevent it from further infiltrating your data outside of the device but it could just do so whenever you try to use it again

Oggyo

@Eirikr70
If you do not use the specific app/s frequently, Graphene OS provides a great way - to disable the app.