How To Turn OFF Auto Sync On Galaxy S8 And Galaxy S8 Plus

Smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus work with all kinds of smart apps. This means that many of them, whether it’s the email app, some daily lifestyle apps or some of the social networking apps, are perfectly capable of running in the background of the device. The purpose is to constantly search the Internet for software updates, to upgrade and to offer improved performances.
While this purpose is commendable, the auto sync data feature also comes with some drawbacks. Precisely because it silently runs in the background, users are often clueless about what is going on. They just notice that the battery of their Samsung Galaxy S8 is losing power and starts dying fast or that the phone is moving too slow.
The culprit, if you’ve already connected the dots, is this auto sync feature. When apps search the web for updates, emails, notifications and so on, both the internet bandwidth and the device’s battery life are affected.
The good news is that you can still take care of all those apps, making sure they’re up to date, without having to deal with all these problems. You just need to update these apps manually. How you turn off these background apps on Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus might vary from one app to another.
In this article, we’re going to show you how to control the background apps and services, with some extra mentions for a couple of special apps.
 

1. How to close and disable background apps and services on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus

 
When you’re trying to clear things up, you need to look at both the apps and the services that run in the background. The distinction between these two is clear and so are the steps you need to take.
 
1.1. How to close the background apps on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus:

1. Go to the Home screen;
2. Select the Recent Apps button;
3. Tap on the Active Apps icon;
   • Select End All and OK if you want to close all the background apps;
   • Or select End next to the individual apps, if you are planning to close only some of the apps listed in there.

 
1.2. How to close/disable the background data for services on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus:

1. Go to Settings;
2. Access Data Usage;
3. Tap the 3-dots icon from the upper-right corner;
4. From the Context menu that will soon open, uncheck the option Auto Sync Data;
5. Confirm with OK.

2. How to disable background data for special apps/services on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus

As you will soon discover, not all apps and services respond to the commands presented above. Some of them will, therefore, require the following separate steps.
 
2.1. How to disable background data for Gmail / Google services on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus:

1. Go to Settings;
2. Tap on Accounts;
3. Select Google;
4. Select the desired account;
5. From the list of Google services, uncheck the ones you’d like to disable from the background.

 
2.2. How to disable background data for Twitter:

1. Go to Settings;
2. Select Accounts;
3. Tap on Twitter;
4. Uncheck the option Sync Twitter.

 
2.3. How to disable background data for Facebook:

1. Launch the Facebook app;
2. Go to the Facebook Settings menu;
3. Tap on Refresh Interval;
4. Select “Never”.

 
This is how you turn off auto sync and get in control of what runs in the background of your Samsung Galaxy S8 and what doesn’t.