How to Close All Background Apps at Once on an iPhone, iPad?

Even it use battery or not, I want to learn a way to terminate all apps at once.
I hate to close background processes one by one. please post a message if you know any way or applicate does this.
thanks in advance,

Not possible.
FYI, the vast majority of those background apps are not open. More info on iOS multitasking...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211
http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/04/19/iphone-os-4-multitasking-explained-agai n/
http://www.macworld.com/article/1164616/how_ios_multitasking_really_works.html
http://speirs.org/blog/2012/1/2/misconceptions-about-ios-multitasking.html

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Hello. Please oh please give us the ability to close all open/running apps with one click or swipe. I, like many users, like to close running apps (much like on my computer) to keep my ipad/iPhone running fast. I know you guys say that background apps are put on pause and don't slow things down but that is simply not the case in real world usage. All the time my iPhone or iPad becomes sluggish and if I swipe 30 times to close all the apps the sluggishness goes away. I like the simple and easy to use ios, but a little more control for the user would be very beneficial. This, I would guess, is one of the main reasons one would get an android device instead, because they require for fine tune control. Giving us this feature, amoung a few others, would be a win win. The end user get more what they need, and apple steals away (or keeps) more loyal apple buyers.

Send your suggestion to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html
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How to close all background apps at one shot?

Can any one answer this question??

Read the article you linked to at whenwillapple.com... a more detailed explanation than I had seen anywhere else… thanks.
@Parshwanath: So if you still want to close everything, it is possible from the hidden dock (double-click home button) to hold an icon until a _red_ 'X' appears next to each one, and then tap the 'X' to manually close it. You can't close them all at once, but you can quickly go down the row until you have them all. Of course you will have to once again open an app to have it appear in the hidden dock to be able to use 'fast app switching'.
This technique is only useful if you really need to reclaim whatever little bit of memory a sleeping app occupies while waiting to be called up. I don't remember where I found this tip - just that it came from a discussion on how to free up memory, which, given the management built into iOS4, I didn't think was necessary, but I did find it helpful in making an older game behave properly on the occasions it became obstreperous. FWIW - this is on an original iPad (OS4.3.3) and I don't know if the iPad2 is different - don't think so.

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Now in IOS 5, is there a way to clos all background apps at once?

Only certain apps actually run in the background.
The list you see when you double-click the Home button are also "Recently USed" apps and may already be closed.
This question was asked a lot when iOS4 originally came out and the short answer I'm afraid is "no", but don't worry about them unless they're GPS apps which will drain your battery in 4 hours if left running in the background.

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Thanks, I do appreciate your immediate response to my question.
BUT your answers revealed an explicit controversy about background apps ... close them to save power and performance OR don't bother to close them as they are idle or inactive!
This dispute is resolved by APPLE in the following link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
My original question was: Is it necessary to kill background apps before shutting down my ipad to avoid any harm to the apps or the OS?

How to close all opened apps?

How do you close all opened apps? I do not think sliding the app card off the screen closes the app, so how do you completely close them?
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sinanju wrote:
... which does not directly answer the question...
Direct answer: you can't.
Here is what the User Guide says:
To close an application or a screen, in Card view (see Manage
applications in Card view), throw the card off the top of the screen. If
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You close the apps by throwing the card away, plain and simple.
@direstrates: Are you asking how to kill all running apps with one command? Only way I know how is by doing the two-finger reboot.
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how to close all applications at once in an iPhone ?

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