# No way to restart an app from flow or script? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [August 23, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799 "2022-08-23T15:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pat\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pat_m/32/56295_2.png) [@Pat\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Pat_M)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/1 "2022-08-23T15:14:13Z")
Hi! Is there any way to restart an app via a flow or homey script? Reason: Sometimes certain apps start to act up and needs to be (manually) restarted to work again. How do you get the app ID for an app, by the way? Many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/2 "2022-08-23T15:19:19Z")
try Search restart app: 50+ results for restart app ---
**Author:** ![Pat\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pat_m/32/56295_2.png) [@Pat\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Pat_M)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/3 "2022-08-23T15:30:59Z")
I _ **did** _, but no solution… ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/4 "2022-08-23T15:36:20Z")
strange!! [https://homey.app/f/OzKlbb/](https://homey.app/f/OzKlbb/) ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/5 "2022-08-23T15:38:46Z")
Activate ‘PowerUser’ in Homey settings/experiments. Then you can use a flow action from category ‘system’. ---
**Author:** ![Pat\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pat_m/32/56295_2.png) [@Pat\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Pat_M)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/6 "2022-08-23T16:13:40Z")
Thank you! Perfect! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/7 "2022-08-23T17:30:29Z")
> [@Pat\_M](#): > > How do you get the app ID for an app, by the way? Afaik there’s no app ID There’s an app driver though. Look up an installed device of that app and find the details: [https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/devices](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/devices) ---
**Author:** ![Pat\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pat_m/32/56295_2.png) [@Pat\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Pat_M)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/8 "2022-08-24T07:42:07Z")
Thank you, very useful! ---
**Author:** ![JP\_van\_den\_H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jp_van_den_h/32/8007_2.png) [@JP\_van\_den\_H](https://community.homey.app/u/JP_van_den_H)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/9 "2023-05-25T19:40:18Z")
It’s not under "system"anymore. It’s under the category “apps” now ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/10 "2023-05-25T20:12:41Z")
OK, not on my Homey 🙃 ![20230525_215446](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/b/dba561e17ee05c488f0a8e14e0145e88ce33ef32.gif) ---
**Author:** ![JP\_van\_den\_H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jp_van_den_h/32/8007_2.png) [@JP\_van\_den\_H](https://community.homey.app/u/JP_van_den_H)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/11 "2023-05-26T12:55:21Z")
Homey pro 2023 specific i guess… ![IMG_6835](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/b/2b57736754d8e07d4f69a70e999891a40d3d9e9d.png) ![IMG_6836](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/e/be996b076b9a2e5c67ad4d2d2267f4e9d430e9b3.png) ![IMG_6837](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/0/c02a18d9eeda360ff88b561052dcf9c6dd85846a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/12 "2023-05-26T12:59:59Z")
I see. Please keep in mind there are 3 different Homey models when making statements 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Moltumyr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_moltumyr/32/71669_2.png) [@Daniel\_Moltumyr](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Moltumyr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/13 "2023-10-22T21:04:08Z")
Do you have to restart the apps if you restart Homey or will retart of the system restart all of the apps?? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/14 "2023-10-22T22:51:33Z")
When Homey restarts, your apps will be started as well, one by one. But you could’ve discovered that yourself by restarting Homey 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/15 "2023-10-23T04:55:08Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > But you could’ve discovered that yourself by restarting Homey Why try yourself when you can ask on the forum? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Moltumyr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_moltumyr/32/71669_2.png) [@Daniel\_Moltumyr](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_Moltumyr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/16 "2023-10-23T07:28:07Z")
For the learning part (which is the goal of the forum): How do you see that the apps have been restarted after the system has been restarted? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/17 "2023-10-23T17:10:59Z")
Of course the goal is to learn and share our knowledge 🥰 > [@Daniel\_Moltumyr](#): > > How do you see that the apps have been restarted after the system has been restarted? From what I know you can’t see or find out. But you can be shure all apps are restarted when Homey is restarted. Simply while they can’t run when Homey is not running. Not asked for, but maybe nice to know: For Homey itself you can check for how long it’s running, and determine when the last start was; go to my.homey.app, hit the cogwheel on the lower left, look for ‘System Information’ and then ‘Uptime’. ---
**Author:** ![jakoys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jakoys/32/28619_2.png) [@jakoys](https://community.homey.app/u/jakoys)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/18 "2024-03-16T09:47:53Z")
Tanks! Been looking for that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/no-way-to-restart-an-app-from-flow-or-script/67799/19 "2025-06-13T08:34:19Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > From what I know you can’t see or find out. > But you can be shure all apps are restarted The [sysinternals app](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/com.sysInternals/sysInternals/) has a card for it ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/a/7a38980943642d048bd26d2247823a0b56842c47.png)