14 Sep 2026
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Guide

How To Force Restart an iPhone

By James, Mozillion Team•

Here's how to force restart your iPhone. This is particularly useful if your iPhone is frozen or unresponsive.


Follow these simple steps or watch our helpful video below.

  1. 1Locate the volume up and down buttons on your iPhone
  2. 2Quickly tap volume up button, then the volume down button and then hit the power button on the right side
  3. 3Depending on which iPhone model you have, you'll now see the Apple logo almost immediately and the phone will restart (and that's all you'll need to do) or you will see the slide to power off toggle switch.
  4. 4If you do see the slide to power off toggle switch, slide that to power the phone off and the iPhone will power down.
  5. 5Wait 15 seconds then hold the power button until you see the Apple logo and when you see the lock screen appear, your iPhone has successfully restarted.

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