Fix Gmail Crashing On iPhone 12 After Update

When you try to open gmail on your iPhone and suddenly it gets crashed and becomes unresponsive or keeps on crashing for no reason after you have updated your iPhone to the new version of iOS 14.4 update then this issue can be fixed easily.

Lot of iPhone 12 users have started having this issue of gmail crashing on iPhone issues after updating their iPhone to the new version. So, let’s see in detail how to get rid of this gmail crashing problem and necessary troubleshooting methods on your iPhone.

How to fix Gmail Crashing on iPhone 12 After Update

Close Gmail And Force Restart Your iPhone 

Just closing and opening a gmail app on your iPhone will probably fix this issue and this will be a quick fix.

App crashes on gmail is quite common and not a major issue and it occur sometimes randomly and this could be due to excess usage of your iPhone and your iPhone also stops responding if you use iPhone excessively or any third party app causing these issues.

Step 1: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and stop at the middle this will show you the app previews.

Step 2: Now swipe up on the Gmail preview to close it and do the same to other apps. 

Force Restart your iPhone to fix Gmail crashing on iPhone

Step 1: To force restart your iPhone quickly press and release the volume up and the volume down button and now Immediately after that press and hold the power key for 10 seconds. This will trigger your iPhone to shut down and power back up.

Step 2: When the logo shows, release the power key and wait until the device has finished rebooting. Once the reboot is finished try opening Gmail and see if it still crashes.

Solution 2 :- Uninstall  Gmail And Reinstall It 

Another effective solution to this problem is uninstalling the app in question. Doing so will remove all its associations with the firmware and other apps. After that, reinstall the app to make sure you have the Latest version. Here’s how to do those things 

Step 1: Open Gmail App.

Step 2: Tap and hold on Gmail icon until the option shows.

Step 3: Tap remove app and delete gmail app to uninstall it.

Step 4: Tap to confirm the deletion of the app. Go back to the home screen.

Step 5: Now, launch the app store search for Gmail and then tap the install icon. Wait for the app to be successfully installed on your iPhone.

Step 6: When installation is finished tap open to launch it. Most of the time these  are the only things you need to do to fix an app that keeps crashing. 

However if for some reason the problem continues then you have to do the next solution.

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Solution 3 :- Factory Reset Your iPhone 

A reset will be able to fix this problem but make sure to create a backup of your important files and data because they will be deleted and you may not able to retrieve them. When ready follow this steps.

Step 1: From the home screen tap Settings. 

Step 2: Find and tap General. 

Step 3: Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and then touch reset. 

Step 4: Tap erase all Content and Settings. 

Step 5: Tap erase now if prompted enter your Security lock.

Step 6: Tap erase iPhone at the bottom of the screen. 

Step 7: Tap erase iPhone again to proceed. 

Step 9: Now enter your Apple ID password and then tap erase to proceed with reset. 

Step 10: Wait until your iPhone has finished its reset and set it up as a new device.

That’s it, once you do the following above methods your issue of gmail crashing on iPhone will be fixed successfully.

What Causes Gmail App to Crash on iPhone?

If you have updated your iPhone to the newer version then it will occupy storage on your iPhone and due to the less storage capacity or internal memory storage iphone gmail app crashes.

Software Update: If you have updated to the newer version of ios then there may be any technical bug or issue which may lead to cause Gmail crashing on iPhone.

Out of storage on iPhone: if you are running our of storage or less internal memory then obviously gmail will crash and not only this gmail app other apps will also get crash and respond slow. If your iPhone apps are running slow then this means you are running out of space on your iPhone internal memory and free up space on your iPhone.