Are iPad apps that are closed with the red traffic light prevented from running background tasks?

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In iOS Background Execution limits, I see this:

When the user ‘force quits’ an app by swiping up in the multitasking UI, iOS interprets that to mean that the user doesn’t want the app running at all. iOS also sets a flag that prevents the app from being launched in the background. That flag gets cleared when the user next launches the app manually.

However, I see that when I close an app on iPadOS 26 with the red X, the app doesn't appear in the multitasking UI. So are they treated as force closes and prevented from running background tasks?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 859562022

So are they treated as force closes and prevented from running background tasks?

No. The close button is not equivalent to the ‘force quit’ gesture. Rather, it’s roughly equivalent to a feature you’ve been living with on previous iPadOS releases, namely choosing Close from the menu brought up by the three dot button at the top of the window.

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So are they treated as force closes and prevented from running background tasks?

No. The close button is not equivalent to the ‘force quit’ gesture. Rather, it’s roughly equivalent to a feature you’ve been living with on previous iPadOS releases, namely choosing Close from the menu brought up by the three dot button at the top of the window.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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