How To Close Applications On A Surface Tablet

The Microsoft Tablet is Microsoft’s way of showing the tablet market that it has what it takes to come over and stay. Even the die-hard devotees of the iPad and the other tablets would find themselves hard pressed to approve of the fact that the Surface stands apart in the group. 

Enough of how good the Surface is and how it’s managed to aid Microsoft in carving and securing their own niche in the Tablet Market; let’s get on with how the device is supposed to be used. Even though most of the UI is intuitive and can be understood by any person worth his salt, there are cases where new users face trouble while opening or closing apps on the Surface, configuring email on it, setting up Wi-Fi on it, and streaming media etc., not to mention other problems that stem from what can only be classified as miscellaneous reasons. 

One such problem that users have encountered while handling the Surface is not knowing how to close the apps they’re done using. Even though there is nothing against you keeping them running in the background while you go about whatever other business you have, you still might want to scratch that “unfinished business” itch. The below Surface tablet tech support instructions would help you accomplish the task easily.

How to close the applications on your Microsoft Surface tablet

• There are three ways to close an application running on your surface tablet; choose from among them. 
• Tap at the top edge of the application window and drag it down to any place at the bottom of the screen. This will close the application. 
• You can also use the keyboard shortcut on the Touch Cover if you want to close an application. Here’s how you do it: hit the key combination Alt + Fn on the touch cover and simultaneously hold down the play/pause button. This too will close the app for you. 
• Lastly, you can use the traditional keyboard shortcut that has been in place since the dawn of the Windows OS: hit Alt + F4 to close the active application. 

If the above methods do not work for you, or cause the tablet to lag or hang, then there’s probably something wrong with it, and you’d do well to contact the surface tablet tech support team at Microsoft. Go online and find out how; they would definitely have a hotline number, or you can contact them online.