KillBackgroundXS lets you force-quit all App Switcher apps in one fell swoop

Closing out of all the applications inward your App Switcher is to a greater extent than frequently than non frowned upon because it defeats the whole operate of having apps suspended for faster loading times the adjacent fourth dimension you lot instruct to usage them. On the other hand, roughly people only can’t aid themselves.

If you lot autumn nether this category in addition to you lot wishing in that place was an easier agency to closed out of all your App Switcher’s apps inward ane roughshod swoop, hence you lot only mightiness receive got a liking to a jailbreak tweak liberate called KillBackgroundXS past times iOS developer ichitaso.

As you lot mightiness receive got noticed inward the screenshot trial above, KillBackgroundXS adds 2 buttons to the bottom left in addition to correct of the App Switcher interface, which tin survive used to force-quit all the apps inward your App Switcher amongst only a tap.

Upon tapping ane of the buttons, you’ll survive presented amongst a confirmation message cry for if you’re for certain that you lot desire to force-quit all the apps:

You’ll likewise respect that KillBackgroundXS adds a novel push to Control Center, in addition to this is essentially a Flipswitch toggle based on CCSupport that tin perform the same activity without always opening the App Switcher. The Control Center push is optional, but you’ll demand to install CCSupport in addition to Flipswitch if you lot desire to usage it.

It’s worth noting that KillBackgroundXS isn’t a novel concept, but rather a remake of the pop KillBackground tweak past times iOS developer Mathieu Bolard for modern firmware in addition to devices.

Once installed, KillBackgroundXS adds a preference pane to the Settings app where you lot tin configure the tweak to your liking:

Here, you lot can:

• Automatically closed the App Switcher when you lot closed all the apps


• Enable or disable the left-handed push inward the App switcher


• Make the buttons larger or smaller (larger is meliorate on the iPad)


• Prevent the Music app from beingness killed


• Long-press on for certain applications to foreclose them from beingness killed


• Manually designate for certain apps that won’t survive impacted past times KillBackgroundXS


• Adjust the roundness of whitelisted application cards


• Choose a push vogue for the App Switcher


• Hide or exhibit the buttons (but they’ll even hence survive in that place fifty-fifty if hidden from view)


• Customize the buttons’ peak in addition to width


• Allow killing apps past times swiping downwards on an application card


• Toggle the killing apps confirmation message


• Adjust the scroll size when swiping downwards on an application card


• Configure URL schemes


• Hide the App Switcher banner


• Enable legacy Control Center buttons

The developer provides an choice to reset the settings to their defaults at the bottom of the preference pane. There doesn’t seem to survive a respring button, hence respringing isn’t necessary to relieve changes to the settings.

Given only how controversial force-quitting all your App Switcher apps tends to be, this tweak actually comes downwards to only how OCD you lot are in addition to whether you lot tin stand upward having a running history of your close recently-used apps when you lot set your telephone down.

If you’re interested inward trying KillBackgroundXS, hence you lot tin download it for $1.00 from the Packix repository inward Cydia or Sileo. The tweak supports all jailbroken iOS eleven in addition to 12 devices.

What are your thoughts regarding killing all the App Switcher apps? Discuss inward the comments department below.

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