Quickly close all apps

jason

I see that there's a "Clear all" button in the recent apps overview, but it's at the end of the list so I need to scroll through every open app to reveal it. Is there a faster alternative?

Thanks in advance

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Not that I'm aware of. One swipe on the screen can get you to the end of any open applications.

N1b

You could hold down the power button and press restart to get the same effect with fewer inputs (or set auto reboot to a short time to have recent apps automatically cleared). May I ask what you need it for? Android's battery and RAM management is very sophisticated nowadays so it shouldn't cause you performance loss to keep them running (except for the "Active apps" but those are accessed elsewhere and not shut down by clearing recent apps).

jason

N1b
It's not for performance reasons; I just like keeping the recent apps list clean when I'm not using anything and having easy control over when all of my app states gets reset.

I clear my apps list often but it's a bit of an inconvenience on GrapheneOS where the "Close all" button placement of stock Android has a screenshot button in its place instead.

It's not a big deal though, and I understand this might be a preference of mine only, but I appreciate the help.