How to Turn Off Safe Mode on Android

July 2024 ยท 4 minute read

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Android phones are small portable computers, and like any computer, they can suffer glitches that prevent them from working properly. To resolve certain problems, Android offers Safe Mode, which lets you start the phone with just the most essential features and services. When in Safe Mode, most third-party apps are disabled. 

If you unintentionally enable Safe Mode, a bug causes it to happen automatically, or you're done troubleshooting after deliberately enabling Safe Mode, here is how to get out of Safe Mode and start your phone normally again. 

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How to turn off Safe Mode on Android

There are two ways to turn off Safe Mode on Android: by restarting your device or using the Notification panel. 

Turn off Safe Mode using the Power button

The easiest way to turn off Safe Mode on Android is to simply restart your device. You can turn off your phone when it's in Safe Mode just like you would do normally โ€” just press and hold the power button until a power icon appears on the screen, and then tap it.

The normal power menu should appear even in Safe Mode. Dave Johnson/Insider

When you restart the phone, it should boot into the normal mode.

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Turn off Safe Mode using the Notification panel

If you don't want to โ€“ or can't โ€“ use the power button to shut down your phone and exit Safe Mode, there might be another method at your disposal. 

Swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the notification panel. You should have one of the following options: 

Use the Power icon at the bottom of the quick access screen to restart your phone and get out of Safe Mode. Dave Johnson/Insider

These options may not be available on every Android model, so if you don't see this, you'll need to turn off your phone another way.

Quick tip: If there's a bug that keeps forcing you into Safe Mode no matter what you do, try resetting your Android to the factory default settings.

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How to troubleshoot apps on Safe Mode

While you're in Safe Mode, you should troubleshoot any apps causing problems on your phone. Here are some things you can try.

Wipe the app's cache

If an app is causing problems due to a corrupted or overloaded cache, clearing the device's cache is the best way to solve the problem.

1. Start the Settings app on your Android device.

2. Tap Apps, then tap All apps if needed. 

You might need to tap All apps on the Apps page to get to the app which is causing you trouble. Dave Johnson/Insider

3. Tap on the troublesome app to select it.

4. Tap Storage & cache.

5. Tap Clear cache.

On the Storage page in Settings, you can clear the cache for a troublesome app. Dave Johnson/Insider

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Delete the app's storage

If clearing the cache doesn't work, then deleting its data might help if that's also contributing to the app misbehavior.

  • Start the Settings app on your Android device.
  • Tap Apps, then tap All apps if needed.
  • Tap on the troublesome app to select it.
  • Tap Storage & cache.
  • Tap Clear storage.
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    Uninstall the app

    If you are confident a particular app is the problem but nothing else has worked so far, you may need to remove the app from your Android phone.

    1. Tap and hold the app's icon on the home screen or in the app drawer.

    2, When the Remove and Uninstall buttons appear, drag the app icon to Uninstall.

    Tap and hold the app you want to remove, then drag it to the Uninstall icon when it appears. Dave Johnson/Insider

    3. Confirm that you want to uninstall the app by tapping OK

    If you find that your problems aren't resolved even after performing these steps, or if your phone continually boots into Safe Mode on its own, you may have to fully reset your Android device. Consider this a last resort, because that will take the phone back to its factory settings and erase your apps and data. 

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