YouTube more than 5 billion downloads so far across Android & iOS. Although it comes pre-loaded with Android smartphones, it has more than 2.5 billion active users on-board and has thousands of years worth of content which is rapidly increasing by every hour. Using YouTube for a long duration can cause overheating, rapid battery loss, etc, however, these aren’t the only causes. What would you do if the app suffers from bugs or any other issues causing it to either crash at some point in time or if it doesn’t start for that matter. You must have seen the ‘Unfortunately YouTube has stopped working’ dialog box on your phone. So here are a few ways you can fix the issue on any phone.
How to fix Unfortunately YouTube has stopped working and crashing error on any phone?
Squash the app
This is fairly simple. The minute you see that the app is about to or it is crashed or when you get the pop-up stating that the app has stopped working, close it. Go to the ‘recent’ apps interface and swipe left or right or up to close that particular app. Wait for a few seconds before tapping on the YouTube app to restart it and check if the problem persists or not.
Force Stop the app
This method is rather useful when you see that app crashing error isn’t solved after you closed the app properly. Doing so will end the program (YouTube) abruptly and hopefully, any technical glitch that was occurring when you used YouTube will be resolved at least temporarily if not permanently.
Restart the phone
Seriously, you don’t know that restarting the phone when the YouTbe app crashes suddenly or the phone shows the ‘unfortunately YouTube has stopped working error’ at any given instance is worth it. This is because bugs and technical glitches can happen at any time. It could occur the moment you tap on the YouTube icon to open it when after a few minutes or when your actions on the app trigger any event causing the app to go haywire and stop.