How to Stop Apps from Draining Battery on Android

Android’s standby and background optimization have improved drastically over the past few years. However, having too many apps running in the background could result in excessive battery drain. While some apps need to run in the background to provide important functionality, few might run in the background for no reason. So, here’s how you can stop apps from draining the battery on Android.

First, Find Which Apps Are Draining Battery?

To solve the issue, you need to get to its root, and we start by glancing at which apps are actively running in the background and draining your battery. We can find these apps from two menus — Running Background Services and Battery Usage.

Ways to Fix Battery Draining Issue on Android

1. Turn On Adaptive Battery Feature

When Adaptive Battery is enabled, Android learns from usage patterns and decides which apps and services are needed in the background and which aren’t.

While Adaptive Battery is a great option to help reduce battery drain, do keep in mind that it may reduce performance and delay notifications in a few cases.

2. Allow or Restrict Background Usage

One of the best ways to stop apps from draining battery on Android is by restricting them from running in the background, if you don’t feel like having them running is important. For example, having WhatsApp running in the background is important so that you don’t miss notifications; Having apps like Google Authenticator running isn’t.

Doing this for the apps you think are unnecessarily eating up battery should stop them from draining your phone’s battery.

3. Force Stop Apps That Are Draining Battery

If you do not want to restrict the app from running in the background and want to stop it for the time being, you might want to force-stop it instead.

Force-stopping apps is a way to shut them down temporarily. When you do this, the app doesn’t run in the background until you launch it next time.

4. Update Apps on Your Phone

Sometimes an app takes too much battery due to bugs or if it isn’t well optimized for the platform. In that case, you may want to check if the app’s developer has pushed an update that fixes the battery drain issue. To check for app updates on an Android device:

5. Uninstall Unwanted Apps

Having too many apps installed on your Android phone could lead to severe battery drain. In such cases, it’s always good to uninstall the apps you no longer use or need.

If you have mistakenly deleted apps, the Play Store also allows you to bulkinstall apps that you want to retrieve.

You can uninstall third-party apps using the above method but you cannot uninstall a system app. System apps can only be disabled on Android.

And these are some ways to stop apps from draining battery on Android. What apps did you end up disabling from running in the background after reading this guide? Do revisit this article if it helped you gain some control over the battery life of your Android device.

Abubakar Mohammed

Abubakar covers Tech on Beebom. Hailing from a Computer Science background, the start of his love for Tech dates back to 2011, when he was gifted a Dell Inspiron 5100. When he’s not covering Tech, you’ll find him binge-watching anime and Tech content on YouTube, hunting heads in competitive FPS games, or exploring Teyvat in Genshin Impact. He has previously worked for leading publications such as Fossbytes, How-To Geek, and Android Police.

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