How to Restart an iPhone 15

This blog post tells how to restart an iPhone 15. The instructions include how to do a soft restart for a simple shut down of the device and a force restart if the first methods don’t work.

How to Soft Restart an iPhone 15

To soft restart means to turn off your iPhone using the device’s options and then turn it back on. Follow these steps to soft restart your iPhone 15.

1. Press and hold the Side button on the right and either Volume button on the left at the same time.

1. Drag the Slide to Power Off option to the right

1. When you’re ready to turn your iPhone back on, press and hold the Side button

How to Use Settings to Restart iPhone 15

If you’re having trouble using the device’s buttons to restart your iPhone 15, you can use the onscreen option instead. This method is also considered a soft restart.

1. Open the Settings and select General.

2. At the bottom, choose Shut Down.

3. Drag the Slide to Power Off option to the right.

1. To turn your iPhone back on, press and hold the Side button on the right.

How to Turn Off an iPhone 15 With Siri

While Apple’s virtual assistant wasn’t always able to power off your iPhone, it can now. Hold the side button or use the voice command “Siri/Hey, Siri” to activate the assistant, and then say something like:

• “Turn off my iPhone.”
• “Power off.”
• “Shut down.”

Siri will confirm that you want to power down your phone; select Power Off to continue.

How to Force Restart an iPhone 15

When you can’t use the above methods to restart your device, or if your iPhone 15 isn’t responding at all, you can force it to restart. This is called a force restart, force reset, or hard reset.

1. Press and release the Volume Up button on the left.

2. Press and release Volume Down button on the left.

3. Hold the Side button on the right.

4. When you see the Apple logo appear, release the Side button.

   After a few moments, you should see your device’s Lock Screen where you can swipe up and then enter your passcode.