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How to turn on, turn off and force restart your iPhone 13

In 2021, Apple released several iPhone 13 models. You can check out this step-by-step guide from Seeking Tech to see how you can turn on, turn off and forcibly restart the iPhone 13, iPhone mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

How to turn on the iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max

In order to power on your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max, you need to take the following steps:

1. First off, you need to locate the side button.

If you are holding your camera in a portrait orientation with the screen facing you and the front camera lens on top, then the side button should be on the right side.

2. Simply press and hold the side button on your phone until you see the Apple logo shows up on the screen.

How to fix issues with iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max not turning on

If your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max can’t be turned on, you can try doing the following:

1. You can try recharging your phone.

When recharging, you should see a battery icon on the screen of your iPhone 13. This icon may take several minutes to show up.

Wait for your phone to recharge for at least 10 minutes. Afterwards, you can try restarting the device again.

2. You can also try forcing a restart. To do so, you can follow the steps at the bottom of this guide.

3. If none of the aforementioned methods work, then the power and/or screen components of your iPhone 13, could be damaged.

If you believed that your phone is damaged, then you need to contact Apple Support.

How to turn off the iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max

In order to turn off your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max, you need to take the following steps:

First off, you need to locate the side button, volume up button and volume down button.

If you are holding your camera in a portrait orientation with the screen facing you and the front camera lens on top, then the side button should be on the right side while the volume up button and volume down button should be on the left side.

Now that you know where these buttons are, you have two methods:

1. The first is to press and hold both the side button and volume up button until you see the sliders appear. Here, you need to drag the Power Off slider.

2. The second method is to press and hold both the side button and volume down button until you see the sliders appear. Afterwards, drag the Power Off slider.

How to turn off the iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max by using only the touchscreen

You can also turn off your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max without using any buttons.

In order to do so with the touchscreen, you need to do the following:

1. On the screen of your iPhone 13, go to Settings.

2. Next, go to General.

3. Finally, go to Shut Down and then drag the slider.

How to fix issues with iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max not turning off

If your iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max is not shutting down properly, then you can try forcing a restart first.

In order to force a restart, you can check out the tutorial below.

How to force restart the iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max

In order to force a restart with your iPhone 13, you need to take the following steps:

1. Before we begin, you need to know where the side button, volume up button and volume down button are located on your iPhone 13.

2. Now that you familiarized yourself to these three buttons, press and then quickly release the volume up button.

3. Afterwards, press and then quickly release the volume down button.

4. Now, you need to press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears on your iPhone 13’s screen.

5. Once you see the logo, you can release your hold of the side button.