Restart Your Phone Once a Week — It Actually Helps

A weekly phone restart is one of those simple habits that sounds almost too basic to matter, but it genuinely helps. Restarting clears temporary files, stops background processes that have been leaking memory, refreshes network connections, and can resolve subtle bugs like sluggish performance or apps that stop sending notifications.

More importantly, a restart kills processes that may be running without your knowledge — including some types of spyware that rely on staying alive in memory. The NSA actually recommends restarting your phone weekly for security reasons. Pick a day — Sunday morning, perhaps — and make it a habit. It takes less than a minute and keeps your device running cleaner.