How to Turn Off an Android Phone?

Step by step

1. Press and hold the power button (usually on the right side, sometimes combined with a side fingerprint sensor) for 2–5 seconds.
2. A menu appears with options like Power off, Restart, and sometimes Emergency mode.
3. Tap Power off.
4. Confirm if prompted.

Alternate route, through Settings

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to System (sometimes under General management).
3. Tap Power off or Shut down.

If the screen is frozen and won't respond — the force restart: hold power + volume down together for about 10 seconds until the screen goes black and the phone restarts. This bypasses a stuck screen without needing to remove the battery, which isn't possible on most modern phones anyway.

Brand-specific quirks

• Samsung (newer models): a single power-button press may open Bixby or the camera instead of the power menu; hold it longer, or use Settings → power button actions to reconfigure what a long press does.
• Google Pixel: the standard hold-to-power-menu method works without modification.

A note for iPhone users who land here by mistake: the process is different — hold the side button and either volume button together until the "slide to power off" screen appears, then drag the slider.

The closest sibling pages are How to Turn Off Read Receipts? and How to Turn Off SafeSearch?.

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