How to Restart an iPad (All Models)
Jan. 24, 2024Is your iPad behaving weirdly? Are you experiencing random lags and stutters, or crashing apps on your iPad? While this kind of thing doesn’t usually happen, there are times when your device might not be performing at its best, and as the old adage goes — “did you try turning it off and turning it on again?” — a restart usually fixes most common tech problems. So, if you’re wondering, here is how to restart an iPad.
The Simplest Method to Restart an iPad
Whether you have an iPad Pro, a new iPad Air, iPad mini, or even the regular iPad without a home button, here’s how to restart it.
Note:You might be thinking that this method is similar torestarting an iPhonewith Face ID, and you’d be quite right. It’s exactly the same
If you have an older iPad, or an older iPad mini or iPad Air, chances are that your tablet has a home button along the bottom edge. The method for rebooting these iPads is slightly different from what I have mentioned above. Here’s how you can do it:
If your iPad is not responding, and you’re unable to shut it down at all, you can do a hard reset to solve the problem. Here’s how to do that.
Note:This method works for all the new iPads including the iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad mini, and the regular iPad 10th gen.
If you have an older iPad that has a home button, the method to force restart it is slightly different. Just follow the steps below to hard reset your iPad:
That’s it! Your iPad will now force restart and any issues you were facing should have resolved by now.
No. Force restarting an iPad does not delete any data. You can safely restart your iPad to fix common issues like freezes, slow or sluggish performance, etc.
If your iPad screen is frozen, you can force restart it. We have included steps for force restarting (hard resetting) an iPad above.
