Windows 10 Mobile - Guide to App Background Settings

[Curr946]

Windows 10 Mobile - Quick Guides

App Background Settings (Save Data & Battery)

So disabling background applications can save data, and increase battery performance. However, by doing this you reduce the apps functionality.  For example, disabling a weather app means the live tile (and if applicable, the lock screen) will not be updated automatically.

To do this, pull down the notification tray from the top of the screen and select “All Settings”, or swipe left from home screen and scroll down to “Settings”.

Scroll down and select “Privacy”, then “Background apps”

Here you can toggle on and off what apps are allowed to run in the background.

Remember if an app doesn’t function as you expect after disabling it, it’s easy to toggle back on following this guide.

I hope this has been useful, Curr946

[PhoneChanger]

Great tip @Curr946

[gmarkj]

Nice one.
I know how to do this on Android but (until now) not on Windows.
Quick question - is the process much different on Win8.1?

[Curr946]

Not really, but my daughter still has 8.1 on her Lumia 535 so if you guys want a guide for WP8 then thats something I'll be happy to do.

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@gmarkj wrote:
Nice one.
I know how to do this on Android but (until now) not on Windows.
Quick question - is the process much different on Win8.1?

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[Toby]

A lovely piece of work @Curr946! I'm going to show the rest of the team very soon. So impressed

Any and all Windows guides are more than welcome. Let me know if you need any help.

Well done

[Martin-O2]

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@Toby wrote:

A lovely piece of work @Curr946! I'm going to show the rest of the team very soon. So impressed

Any and all Windows guides are more than welcome. Let me know if you need any help.

Well done

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Agreed! A clear guide which shows the process and the pros and cons of turning off background apps. 

Brilliant job.