Do apps really stop working on the background when you restrict background apps?

[Kross]

I have some apps like the YouTube app which keeps working on the background. It updates itself and makes my phone to drag.

I have gone on to restrict background activity on it. But it just wouldn't stop running in the background and installing updates by itself. The funny part is that I can't uninstall it.

What do I have to do to completely restrict it or uninstall it?

 

[deucher]

It all depends on the brand of the phone, because I once had an android that also did this, but now I have an old iPhone, but such cases are much less and the system always asks me if I would like to update the application

 

[Fidelia]

For android phones, the apps are bandwidth and battery sucking demons and they won't truly stop when you restrict background data. They would just pretend as if they have stopped and after some time, they continue in their habits of sucking your battery out.

 

[eLdavis]

It doesn't really stop working completely, but it simply limits how these apps consumes data or stops it from running in the background.