You'll find some apps on your Home screens, and all your apps in All Apps. You can open apps, switch between apps, and find 2 apps at once. Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 9 and up.
Learn how to check your Android version. Find & open appsFrom anywhere
Tip: If you're using a Google Account for work or school, you’ll find your apps in a "Work" tab.
From shortcuts
- Touch and hold the app.
- If you have options, choose one.
Switch between recent apps
- Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go.
- 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.
- Tap the app that you want to open.
Close apps
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:
- To close each active app, tap Stop.
Tip: Even if you don't close apps, 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.
Related resources
- Add apps, shortcuts, and widgets
- Get around on your phone
- Transfer files between your computer and phone
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The latest Samsung devices come pre-installed with One UI, an operating system that has been specifically designed to make things simpler, clearer and easier to use. One of the design features has been the removal of the apps button, giving you more space for your most used app icons.
You can access all of your apps by swiping up on your home screen.
If you would prefer, you can choose to add the apps button back onto your home screen.
Please note: the exact layout of the buttons may vary slightly depending on the model and operating system of your phone.
1 Tap and hold any blank space
2 Tap Settings
3 Tap the switch next to Show Apps screen button on Home screen
4 An apps button will appear on your home screen
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This allows us to take a closer look at what is happening. The data is anonymised and only held for the duration of the investigation. Find out more about sending an error report through the Samsung Members app.
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