How to Shut Down an iPhone 13

Your iPhone can occasionally need to be restarted, just like your computer. The settings menu on an iPhone is one way to turn it off.

This is a feature that hasn’t always been accessible, but you can now find it on the iPhone 13 and other gadgets running current iOS releases.

Go to Settings > General > Shut Down and then drag the slider to the right side of the screen to turn off your iPhone 13.

How to Turn an iPhone 13’s Power Off

1. Tap Settings.
2. Choose General.
3. Select Shut Down.
4. Drag the slider to turn off the phone.

Detailed instructions for shutting down an iPhone 13 are provided below, along with images of each step.

Your iPhone can remain on for a considerable amount of time.

It’s possible that the gadget has remained on for a very long period if you never allow the phone’s battery completely drain and you charge it every day.

As the majority of smartphones are made for this kind of use, this rarely becomes a problem.

But, you can find yourself in a circumstance where you must turn the phone off, which may prompt you to search for a method of turning off your iPhone.

The process for shutting down the device is the same, and you can do so through the Settings menu whether you want to leave it off for a long or you only want to restart it.

In order to shut off your Apple smartphone, follow the instructions in the guide below.

Related: Check out our guide about turning off all of the iPhone vibrations if you don’t want to use them anymore.

How to Turn Off Your iPhone

The iOS 16 operating system was used to carry out the instructions in this article on an iPhone 13.

Step 1: On your Home screen, locate the Settings app icon. Choose it to access the menu.

Step 2: From this menu, select the General option.

Step 3: Go to the page’s bottom and click the Shut Down button.

Step 4: To turn the device off, drag the Slide to Power Off slider to the right side of the screen.

After the iPhone has turned off, you can hold down the Power button while waiting for the white Apple logo to appear before releasing it.

When the device has finished restarting, enter your passcode to access it once more.

You can use this method to shut down an iPhone 13 whenever you want to or when you need to restart it to try to fix a problem now that you know how to do it.

Note that you can also conduct a soft reset on your iPhone 13 by simultaneously pressing and holding the Power and Volume Up buttons. When the slider appears, move it to the right side of the screen.

You must perform a force restart on your iPhone 13 if the screen is frozen or unresponsive. Pressing the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, followed by holding down the Power button until the device goes off and the white Apple logo appears to signify that the device is restarting, will accomplish this.

If you are having problems with any of these shutdown or restart techniques, the video in the following section goes over them all.

Video About Shutting Down an iPhone 13