Kill running (background) apps

[Divi45]

How do you guys kill your apps that are runnig in the background in spite of the fact that I dont use them at that time.

For example, when I open my book reader app and close it, it still keeps running in the background...so does Facebook, Maps app, some gallery view app etc...

When I close these apps I want them to be CLOSED !

Is there any way to do that on my non-rooted Xperia SP ?

[_alexdon_]

Yes,just go to settings-apps-running and force stop which one you want.Do not use task killers.

[Divi45]

That is not the way I want to do that because it is quite annoying... (every time you wanna close some app you have to go there and close is manually)

So I guess there is no better option hm?

[_alexdon_]

You can disable one app,but that means you will not be able to use it unless you enable it again.No,without a task killer,you cannot stop the apps.You can remove them from recent task manager.,also.

[mhmd]

You can use Clean Master. But closed apps are starting again by themselves after a while.

[roycdm]

go to recent apps list & just swipe it off will do.

[Divi45]

Does Xperia SP have some sort of Deep Sleep mode? If so, how to enable it?

[_alexdon_]

It should enter deep sleep mode after you press the power button.

[Uliwooly]

Keep in mind that taskillers, task managers, etc will create other issues and the app will be running in the background, thus draining your battery 

[Brett_T]

Does clicking the multi task button and manually removing them from the list not stop them from running?