How to power off and restart Samsung Galaxy S22, S21 and S20

Trying to turn off your Samsung phone? There are many reasons to do this. For beginners, this can be a quick and simple way to avoid smartphone distractions during movies, meetings, and other events. Additionally, this is usually the first troubleshooting method you should try whenever you encounter problems with your handset. This seems to magically fix most problems. Let's look at all of them.

Instructions for turning off and restarting Galaxy S21 and S22

Turning off or restarting the Galaxy S21 or S22 series is not too difficult. However, a small change from Samsung to enable Bixby makes this simple task unnecessarily complicated.

If you are looking to shutdown or restart your Galaxy S21 or S22, follow the instructions below.

Customize the Side key on Samsung Galaxy S21 and S22

The power key on the Galaxy S21 and S22 series is called the Side key. The main function of this button in old smartphones is to display the power menu. However, on the Galaxy S21 and S22, pressing and holding this button brings up Bixby, Samsung's voice assistant.

If you don't use a voice assistant, this can be frustrating. Thankfully, you can tweak the Side key settings to bring up the power menu, making it easy to power down, restart the device, or activate emergency mode when needed.

1. Open the Settings app and navigate to Advanced features > Side key .

2. From the Press and hold section, select the Power off menu option .

Now, whenever you press and hold the Side key on your Galaxy S21 or S22, it will bring up the power menu.

How to restart Galaxy S21 and S22

If you have customized the Side key function, you can easily turn off or restart your Galaxy S21 or S22 in a few steps.

1. Press and hold (hold) the Side key on your Galaxy S21 or S22.

2. Your phone will vibrate and you will see the power menu appear on the screen.

3. Select the Power off or Restart option depending on your preference.

4. Confirm your selection by pressing Power off or Restart again.

If you use Bixby on the Galaxy S21 or S22, you can also say, "Hey Bixby, turn off the phone" to bring up the power menu from where you turned off the device. This is the easiest way to turn off the Galaxy S21 or S22 without having to press any buttons.

Use the quick settings panel

Another way to turn off the Galaxy S21 or S22 is to use the quick settings panel.

1. Swipe down on the status bar to expand the notification shade.

2. Swipe again to display the quick settings panel.

3. You will see a virtual power button right next to the search icon at the top of the panel.

4. Click it to display the power menu. From there, select the Power off or Restart option . You will have to reconfirm your choice to turn off or restart the device.

The above shutdown and restart methods can be applied to Samsung flash products, including S21 FE, S21 Ultra and S22 Ultra.

Instructions for turning off and restarting Galaxy S20

When the Samsung Galaxy S20 product lines were launched, there were quite a few changes, including how to power off and restart the device. For most Android devices and previous Samsung models, the way to turn off the power is to press the button next to the device, then select power off mode in the display interface. With the Galaxy S20 product line, there are different ways to turn off the power. The following section will guide readers on how to power off and restart on Samsung Galaxy S20.

Method 1: Open the Power menu via physical button

To access the Power menu on the device, the simplest way is to press the volume down key and the side key at the same time for a few seconds as shown below.

Immediately after that, the Power menu will appear so we can press Power Off to completely turn off the power or press Restart to restart the device.

Method 2: Change edge button function

The right side button of the Samsung Galaxy S20 is not the power button, so when we press and hold for a few seconds, it will call the company's virtual assistant Bixby and not open the Power menu. However, Samsung supports you to change the edge button function according to other options that the system supports. We go to Settings > Advanced Feature > Side Key . Then in the user menu press Power Off Menu to switch the task to perform.

So when the user presses the side button, the Power menu will be displayed to choose to power off or restart.

Method 3: Open Power menu via Quick Panel

Samsung also provides a shortcut to quickly access the Power menu from the Quick Panel. Swipe down from the top of the screen and select the power button icon in the upper right corner as shown.

Method 4: Use Bixby Samsung to turn off the power and restart

Bixby virtual assistant will help you turn off or restart the device. In case you have not changed the action of the side button operation, press and hold the side button until the Bixby icon is displayed. If you have changed the task, swipe down from the top edge of the screen to open the notification interface and select Bixby from here.

When displaying the virtual assistant logo, say Turn Off My Phone or Restart My Handset .

At this point, the virtual assistant will ask again if you are sure you want to perform the action, press the Power Off command directly or press the Bixby button to perform via spoken command.

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