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Pixel 5 - Restart Device

2026-10-22 19:09:29.617

Pixel 5 - Restart Device

Here's how to restart your Pixel 5 if it crashes and resets, freezes or runs slowly.
Restarting your Pixel 5 can help if your experiences continuous resetting / rebooting, crashing, freezing or if the touchscreen is unresponsive.
  • Since this device has a non-removable battery, the restart (soft reset) process can be used to simulate a 'battery pull' when the device is unresponsive, frozen, or doesn't power on.
  • In most cases, a restart could affect data (e.g., backup in progress, cached data, etc.).

Preferred Method

  1. Press and hold the
    Power button
     until options appear.
    If the device is unresponsive, refer to the Alternate Method section below.
    Power button
  2. Tap
    Restart
     (lower right).
    If your device won't power back on, partially charge the device then retry.
    Power button options

Alternate Method

  1. Press and hold the
    Power button
    until the device power cycles (approximately 10 seconds) then release.
    Power button
  2. Allow several seconds for the reboot process to complete.
    If your device won't power back on, partially charge the device then retry.