You'll find some apps on your Home screens, and all your apps in All Apps.You canopen apps, switch betweenapps, and find 2 apps at once.Learn how to find and move your apps with our step-by-step tutorial.
Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 9.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
From anywhere
- Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to the top. If you get All Apps
, tap it. - Tap the app that you want to open.
, tap it.Tip: If you're using a Google Account for work or school, you’ll find your apps in a "Work" tab.
From shortcuts
- Touch andhold the app.
- If you haveoptions, choose one.
- Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go.
- If you’re on Android Go with 3-button navigation, tap Recent apps.
- If you’re on Android Go with 3-button navigation, tap Recent apps
- Swipe left or right to switch to the app you want to open.
- Tapthe app that you want to open.
.Important: Some apps, like Google Play services or system apps, can’t be stopped. Learn more about Google Play services.
- Close one app: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go. Swipe up on the app.
- Close all apps: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go. Swipe from left to right. On the left, tap Clear all.
- Close all apps on Android Go: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, and let go. At the bottom, tap Clear all.
- Find your Home screen: Tap Home or Home .
- Stop apps working in the background:
- To open Quick Settings, from the top of the screen, swipe down twice.
- To see the number of active apps running in the background:
- At the bottom left, tap # active apps.
- Or, at the bottom right, tap the number next to Settings and Power .
- To close each active app, tap Stop.
or Home 
.
and Power 
.Tip:Even if you don't closeapps, you won't run out of memory or battery. Android manages these automatically.
Get new apps
You can get more apps in the Play Store app 
. Learn how to download apps.
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