How to Shut down and Restart Samsung Galaxy S22?

Samsung smartphones are usually switched off by pressing and holding the power button. However, the Galaxy S-series phones have seen a small but noticeable change in recent years as they do not support the traditional ‘press and hold the power button to switch off’ feature.

Samsung has recently launched the Galaxy S22 series smartphones and has started delivering pre-orders in various countries. A new smartphone has many new changes that we do not immediately understand. In the case of Galaxy S22, one of them could be the way to switch it off.

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By default, pressing and holding the power button now opens Samsung’s virtual assistant – Bixby, and Samsung refers to the button as the side key/button instead of the power button. Rather, the company provides four different ways to switch off Samsung Galaxy S22.

So if you are one of the Galaxy S22 users and want to switch off/shut down your phone but don’t understand how to do it, do read our complete story.

How to switch off Samsung Galaxy S22

• Method 1: Power and Volume buttons

You may have known that you can take screenshots on your Galaxy S22 smartphone by pressing and holding the power and volume button. But do you know you can use the same keys to reach the power menu? Yes, you can, however, the amount of time you hold the buttons varies.

To reach the Power Menu through power and volume buttons, press and hold the button for two to three seconds. You can now tap on the Power off, to switch off your phone.

• Method 2: Bixby

To turn off your Galaxy S22 using Bixby, press and hold the power button. Bixby starts running, now you can command it to shut down your phone.

• Method 3: Quick settings menu

To shut down your phone through the quick settings menu, simply down twice on your home screen and click on the power icon. Finally, tap on the Power off option.

• Method 4: Remap the Slide key settings

To remap the Side key and set it to open the power menu by default, navigate your phone’s Settings >> Advanced features >> Side key >> Power off.

How to switch on Samsung Galaxy S22

Simply, press and hold the power button to restart your Samsung Galaxy S22 series phone.