At times your iPhone may not respond to touch or even the various buttons it has - it just freezes. In such a case you may want to try and force restart it.
As there are so many models of iPhone and they may have different buttons and iOS software running on them, in this article I will try my best to cover as many iPhones that I can.
Force Restart Steps for iOS 16
- Press and Release the Volume Up button.
- Press and Release the Volume Down button.
- Press and Hold the Right Side Button.
- When the Apple Logo appears, release the side button.
The steps are the same for the list of below iPhone versions:
iPhone Models with Face ID
- iPhone X
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
iPhone Models with Home Button
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)





 - iPhone 8 - iPhone 8 Plus - Force Restart Steps.png)
Force Restart Steps for iOS 15
- Press and release the volume up button.
- Press and release the volume down button.
- Press and hold the right side button.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the side button
- Press and release the volume up button.
- Press and release the volume down button.
- Press and hold the right side button.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the side button
- Press and hold the volume down and Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the buttons.
- Press and hold Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the buttons.
- Press and release the volume up button.
- Press and release the volume down button.
- Press and hold the right side button.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the side button
- Press and release the volume up button.
- Press and release the volume down button.
- Press and hold the right side button.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the side button
- Press and hold the volume down and Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the buttons.
- Press and hold Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time.
- When the Apple logo appears, release the buttons.
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For iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, or any iPhone 11, iPhone 12, or iPhone 13.
iPhone 8 or iPhone SE (2nd & 3rd Gen)
iPhone 7
iPhone 6s or iPhone SE (1st Gen)

 - iPhone 8 - iPhone 8 Plus - Force Restart.png)


Force Restart Steps for iOS 14
For iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, or iPhone 12.
iPhone 8 or iPhone SE (2nd & 3rd Gen)
iPhone 7
iPhone 6s or iPhone SE (1st Gen)




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