# Android App Menu Button Quit

**URL:** <https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271>\
**Category:** App\
**Created:** [August 12, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271 "2023-08-12T10:01:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/hbrockmann)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/1 "2023-08-12T10:01:34Z")

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Hello,  
I miss a menu item in the Android app to exit the app directly.  
Am I missing something?

Regards Hardy

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**Author:** ![linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/linux-user/32/56_2.png) [@linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/linux-user)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/2 "2023-08-12T12:16:39Z")

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There is no exit app button in the app directly.  
In Android there is no need for an explicit “exit app” button.  
AFAIK Android does take care of the available memory and removes unused apps automatically.

If you want to explicitly close Kurviger you can swipe the app away in the Android drawer.

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**Author:** ![hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/hbrockmann)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/3 "2023-08-12T12:41:02Z")

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For my part, and also many people I know, prefer a clean, conscious termination of an application.

It couldnt be a real hard work to implement such a feature?

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**Author:** ![rumbrummer](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/rumbrummer/32/113_2.png) [@rumbrummer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/rumbrummer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/4 "2023-08-12T13:24:35Z")

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Please see also anwer from @Patrick in

> [@Kurviger App 3.1.0 Feedback](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/kurviger-app-3-1-0-feedback/12617/18):
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> Nein auf gar keinen Fall, wer tourer kauft bekommt von uns absolute Werbe-Freiheit. Wenn du die Werbung noch siehst bitte bug-report mit allen Details, das würde ich mir sofort ansehen! Sowas braucht man heutzutage nicht mehr, back Button, home button oder einfach app weg wischen slight_smile Das ist Absicht, die neuste ansage gewinnt immer, kann ja sein dass die dringend gebraucht wird Hi Andy. Du hast ein tourer Abo und die kurviger 3 App installiert? Dann brauchen wir bitte noch ein …

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**Author:** ![grauhaar](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/grauhaar/32/2520_2.png) [@grauhaar](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/grauhaar)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/5 "2023-08-12T20:04:46Z")

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Hätte auch gerne einen app beenden Button.  
Weiß nicht mal was eine " Android Schublade " sein soll.

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**Author:** ![rumbrummer](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/rumbrummer/32/113_2.png) [@rumbrummer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/rumbrummer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/6 "2023-08-12T20:34:45Z")

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Siehe @Patrick in

> [@Kurviger App 3.1.0 Feedback](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/kurviger-app-3-1-0-feedback/12617/18):
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> > [@Kurviger App 3.1.0 Feedback](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/kurviger-app-3-1-0-feedback/12617/12):
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> > Wo ist der Menüpunkt App verlassen?
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> Sowas braucht man heutzutage nicht mehr, back Button, home button oder einfach app weg wischen 🙂

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**Author:** ![hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@hbrockmann](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/hbrockmann)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/7 "2023-08-13T03:41:23Z")

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Wenn man auch nur einige Sachen in der App genutzt hat,  
braucht man über den “back Button” 10-20 Clicks um die App zu beenden.  
Und unter Android kann ich auf meinem Handy die App auch nicht “einfach weg wischen”.

Soviel zu den wiederholt zitierten Hinweisen.

Aber wenigstens bin ich nicht der einzige, der diese einfache zwei-click-funktion (Menü\>beenden) vermisst.

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**Author:** ![Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/hobbyfahrer/32/32029_2.png) [@Hobbyfahrer](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Hobbyfahrer)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/8 "2023-08-13T08:00:10Z")

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> [@hbrockmann](#):
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> Wenn man auch nur einige Sachen in der App genutzt hat,  
> braucht man über den “back Button” 10-20 Clicks um die App zu beenden.

Das scheint aber dann ein sehr spezifisches Problem zu sein. Es gibt eine Zurück-Funktion und eine Beenden-Funktion (zum Starttbildschirm) bei Android.

Eventuell mal in den Einstellungen die Belegung der Tasten ansehen.

> **[Android-Gerät bedienen - Android-Hilfe](https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079644?hl=de#zippy=%2Czur%C3%BCck%2Czum-startbildschirm-wechseln)**
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> Sie können Ihr Smartphone auf verschiedene Arten bedienen. Hier erfahren Sie, wie Sie eine Option festlegen und dann damit zwischen Apps und anderen Elementen wechseln. Wichtig: Einige dieser

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**Author:** ![linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/linux-user/32/56_2.png) [@linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/linux-user)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/9 "2023-08-13T08:48:05Z")

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I took a look at a few Android apps on my device.  
I have not found an exit button on any of them.

e.g.  
Google maps  
Google Chrome

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**Author:** ![Mohkraats](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mohkraats](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/Mohkraats)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/10 "2023-08-18T12:48:11Z")

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There is.  
It is however a crow-bar method.  
You click on the three stripes at the bottom-left.  
That shows you which programs are still running.  
Swiping a program up, will kill it.

Handy for nasty persistant programs, but not a nice way to end a program.

A agree, that an “EXIT” button is the way to go.

Greez,  
Moh

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**Author:** ![jackgreen](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/jackgreen/32/18407_2.png) [@jackgreen](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/jackgreen)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/11 "2024-06-27T15:39:12Z")

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How can I close my Kurviger app on my Android phone?

I have hard times closing the app on my Android Pixel 7 with the latest Android 14. I press many times “back” but app still is not closing. Keeps running on background even when minimized.

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**Author:** ![linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/user_avatar/forum.kurviger.com/linux-user/32/56_2.png) [@linux-user](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/linux-user)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/12 "2024-06-27T20:16:59Z")

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> [@jackgreen](#):
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> How can I close my Kurviger app on my Android phone?

There is no need to close apps on Android. The OS manages the memory as needed.  
If you really want to end an app, you can whipe it away from the drawer.  
BTW: other apps e.g. Google maps, Google chrome, etc. behave in the same way.

> **[Get around on your Android phone - Android Help](https://support.google.com/android/answer/9079644?sjid=13013684105641132232-EU)**
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> You can get around on your phone in different ways. Learn how to choose an option, then use that option to move between apps and other items. Important: Some of these steps work only on Androi

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**Author:** ![TheoWolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@TheoWolf](https://forum.kurviger.com/u/TheoWolf)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kurviger.com/t/android-app-menu-button-quit/13271/13 "2024-06-29T09:55:17Z")

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@jackgreen  
have you ever pressed the 3 lines on the bottom of your screen? Then you see a lot of apps, which are open in the background. So the kurviger app is just 1 of 29 open apps
