How to Manage Sleeping Apps on Samsung Galaxy Phone

How to Put Apps to Sleep on Samsung Galaxy Phones

One UI lets you put apps in Sleep or Deep Sleep state to limit their background activities. Putting an app to sleep allows it to run occasionally in the background, while the deep sleep state stops the app from running in the background altogether.

Here’s how to put apps to sleep or deep sleep state on your Galaxy phone.

Step 1: Open the Settings app > navigate to Battery > Background usage limits.

Step 2: Select Sleeping apps or Deep sleeping apps.

Step 4: Tap the plus icon at the top right. Check the boxes for the apps you want to put to sleep and tap Add.

What Happens When You Put an App to Sleep?

The outcome of putting an app to sleep varies depending on your chosen sleeping state. For instance, if you add an app to the “Sleeping” list, One UI will optimize its battery usage and only allow it to check for updates occasionally. As a result, notifications from that app may be delayed on your Samsung phone.

On the other hand, when you put an app in a Deep sleeping state, One UI restricts its background battery usage entirely. This prevents the app from syncing data or using any of your phone’s resources when you’re not using it. This can cause the app notifications to stop working on your Galaxy phone.

How to Prevent Apps From Sleeping on Samsung Galaxy Phone

By default, your Samsung phone is configured to add apps to the Sleeping or Deep sleeping states based on your usage. While this helps improve your phone’s battery life, One UI may put your important apps to sleep if you haven’t used them. You can stop apps from sleeping on your Galaxy phone if you don’t want that.

Step 1: Open the Settings app > navigate to Battery > Background usage limits.

Step 2: Disable the toggle for Put unused apps to sleep. This will stop One UI from putting apps to sleep automatically.

Alternatively, you can add important apps to the Never sleeping apps list. Once you do, One UI won’t put those apps to sleep even if you don’t use them.