There may be times when your iPhone becomes unresponsive and you cannot use the touch screen to turn it off and on again. Well, this has happened to all of us at some point. Thankfully, you can also restart your iPhone with just buttons. This is known as Force Restart and it lets you use hardware buttons to restart your phone when the screen is frozen or you're stuck on an unresponsive app. This guide will help you force restart all iPhone models, from the latest iPhone 15 series to the older models like the iPhone 6. So, let's get started!

If you have an iPhone 8 and above or iPhone SE (2nd and 3rd generation), follow the steps below to hard reset your iPhone with just buttons:

On the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, the steps to process to reset an unresponsive iPhone are slightly different. Here's what you need to do:

If you have an older iPhone like the iPhone 6 or the first generation iPhone SE, follow the steps below to force shut down your iPhone: