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Hi, Firstly, I have looked extensively through the knowledge base on this, and although this is an old problem there are no clear answers. The issue has apparently been 'solved' by a release involving Apps>app>'allow/disallow application services to start on boot up; only it hasn't. I have Whatsapp and Skype installed (for reasons of external compatibility), and both remain resident in the background when closed, and load on startup despite the 'allow/dissallow' - I know this from the Crest and Lighthouse apps which show it, but these do not offer options to kill such apps operating in the background. I can perhaps understand this - not permitting users to kill a vital process, but Android apps should not fall into this category. All I would like to do is to control what runs on my device and when (and who/what is tracking me..) Can anyone please advise on how to kill these Android background apps - including an app that does it, or a string to kill the process from a Terminal. Thank you in advance for your kind advice.

Hi, Firstly, I have looked extensively through the knowledge base on this, and although this is an old problem there are no clear answers. The issue has apparently been 'solved' by a release involving Apps>app>'allow/disallow application services to start on boot up; only it hasn't. I have Whatsapp and Skype installed (for reasons of external compatibility), and both remain resident in the background when closed, and load on startup despite the 'allow/dissallow' - I know this from the Crest and Lighthouse apps which show it, but these do not offer options to kill such apps operating in the background. I can perhaps understand this - not permitting users to kill a vital process, but Android apps should not fall into this category. All I would like to do is to control what runs on my device and when (and who/what is tracking me..) Can anyone please advise on how to kill these Android background apps - including an app that does it, or a string to kill the process from a Terminal. Thank you in advance for your kind advice.

Hi, Firstly, I have looked extensively through the knowledge base on this, and although this is an old problem there are no clear answers. The issue has apparently been 'solved' by a release involving Apps>app>'allow/disallow application services to start on boot up; only it hasn't. I have Whatsapp and Skype installed (for reasons of external compatibility), and both remain resident in the background when closed, and load on startup despite the 'allow/dissallow' - I know this from the Crest and Lighthouse apps which show it, but these do not offer options to kill such apps operating in the background. I can perhaps understand this - not permitting users to kill a vital process, but Android apps should not fall into this category. All I would like to do is to control what runs on my device and when (and who/what is tracking me..) Can anyone please advise on how to kill these Android background apps - including an app that does it, or a string to kill the process from a Terminal. Thank you in advance for your kind advice.