Double tap on home button

Hi
thought to access this is was settings, general and home but apparently not. Checked google and they say teh same.
Can some one tell me where it's moved to?
thanks
Ian

Not quite true. On a 3G with iOS4, because multitasking doesn't work the double tap on home button still does what it used to do. You can choose WHAT it does in settings>general>home button

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How do I stop previews of recent activity appearing when I double tap the home button

HHow do I stop previews of recent activity from appearing when I double tap the home button

As others have mentioned, you are seeing the Multitasking bar which is a feature of iOS:
Understand multitasking and background activity on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
If left alone long enough and after running many apps over a period of time, iOS will eventually close off the app(s) that have not been used for the longest period of time to gain back memory to be used to run other apps that are currently not in Multitasking. There's no way to automatically prevent an app from appearing in the Multitasking bar nor any way to shut them all down at once. You can easily close them off manually as needed by swiping up on the app's displayed screen shot (NOT the lower icon). Multitasking is by design and cannot be changed/modified.

TS1702 When we double tap the home button, only about half of the icons appear at the bottom. How do we get them all to appear?

WHen we double tap the home button, only about half of the apps appear. How do we get them all o appear?

If an app freezes on you - you can try force quitting the app.
Force quit the app by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears. Let go of the sleep button and then hold down on the home button until the app quits. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

When I double tap the home button and delete open apps, they will just re appear if I double tap home again,...

I always delete my open apps but since i did the lates update the apps wont delete they will just re appear when i double tap home again,.. Whyyy??

For clarification purpose:
You start by double clicking the Home button to reveal the screen as shown above. You then swipe upwards on the App Previews to clear all recently used Apps and end up with a screen like below?
You then tap the Home button to return to normal screen. Then you immediately double tap the Home button again to see all the recently used Apps as shown in the first picture? If this isn't the procedure you are following, please explain your process, and exactly what you are seeing. Attaching screen shots will help.

How do I clear apps after double-tapping the home button?

This is in relation to iOS 7.

I found the answer here: http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/completely-close-out-running-applications-ipho ne-ios-7-save-battery-0147375/
you still double tap the home button. There is a preview screen above the programs icon. swipe up, and the app is removed.

Does double tapping the home button ...

makes you feel like you're about to break the button?
I do. The home button seems so weak that the more I double tap the home button it's more likely to break real fast.

koban4max wrote:
makes you feel like you're about to break the button?
No.

Double-tapping the home button locks the phone

iPhone 4s, still running ios 7.1.2 because I don't want my phone bogged down even though I'd love to see some of ios 8's features.
This has happened a few times in the last few months. I'll have an app up. I'll double-tap the home button so that I can swipe/close that app. The screen does not change. All keys/screen tapping becomes locked -- nothing I do does anything.
I'll press the top power button and the screen goes black and then stays black - nothing I do will bring it back.
I end up having to hold the home and power buttons and reset my phone.
This happens from various apps -- not the same one every time.
Anyone else?

It's called Reachabilty.
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http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/reachability-iphone-6/
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I updated my 3GS to iOS5, but when i double tap the home button, it doesn't show the camera app, just the ipod controls?

I badly need help, i just updated my 3GS to iOS5, but i don't see any difference, i don't have the new features that they're talking about. When i double tap the home button, it just shows the iPod controls and no camera app shows up.

My iPhone 3GS is still on iOS3 but I think you could already change what double tapping the Home button can do before iOS5, by tapping "Settings" -> "Home". That may have changed in iOS5 but I don't think it should have.

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This should help: http://speirs.org/blog/2012/1/2/misconceptions-about-ios-multitasking.html.

I want an app to close or browse through open apps at the same time by double tapping the home button i can find the open apps with the minus sign on it and dont move

I want an app to close or browse through open apps at the same time by double tapping the home button i can find the open apps with the minus sign on it and dont move

Try a reset: Press the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for ten seconds until the Apple logo appears. Note: No data will be lost

HT201365 On this new ios7 update how do I kill apps running in the background now? I used to be able to double tap the home button

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Double tap the home button. Slide the preview window upward. You can do 2 at a time.
It's rarely useful or necessary to do this. Very few apps actually "run in the background" (such as audio streaming and navigation apps). The vast majority are frozen and consume no resources. The iOS manages memory for you to optimize running apps.
iOS: Understanding multitasking
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Double tapping the home button iPhone 6

Not fully pushing the home button but double tapping it. Whats its supposed to be for? Whatever app I'm using pushes down about half way and then there is a blank space above it. I thought maybe it's another way to access open apps, but I opened some and they didn't appear in the blank space. I'm just curious if it has a purpose.

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http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/reachability-iphone-6/
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One of my apps disappeared as an icon! When I double tapped my home button it showed up at the bottom of the page. When I held my finger the red edit button appeared on app and I hit it! App is gone. Can't redownload as shows installed. Help!

One of my apps has disappeared from my screen! I tried double tapping home button and the app showed up in the icon bar. I tapped and held the app and the red edit box appeared in left corner of app. I then hit the red button and the app went away. I tried to redownload but the app store shows as a purchased and installed app. Not sure how to recapture the app. Help

You did't delete it. It's still there. You just deleted it from your history (a handy thing, 'cause it drains battery with what you would call RAM-usage). Swipe from screen to screen to find it. The only thing you might have lost, is any unsaved data in it (depending on tha kind of app it was e.g. Pages). It is the equivalent of quitting the application on a computer.

Double-tapping on home button doesn't work

hi,
i've read on the net that double-tapping on the home button on the ipod touch 4th gen will properly exit an app, not just 'minimise' it, making sure that it isn't running in the background. but whenever i try this, all it does is return to the homescreen; then back 1 previous page of apps. how come it doesn't seem to work for me? the apps you recently used are supposed to come up on the 'recently used apps' page, or something, but it doesn't. is this supposed to happen?
i've also tried holding down the home button for about 5 secs, but that also doesn't work either. all it does is bring up the 'voice control' page. please help!
thanks!
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From what you see happening you are probably not double clicking quickly enough, I.e., your clicks are interpreted by the system as two separate clicks and not a double-click. Try speeding your action up.
When this is working a section at the bottom of the screen will open an show recently used apps. You can switch to one or if you hold an app icon for a bit "-" signs will appear with the icons and you can remove apps.
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