Apps staying running in background all of a sudden

[flyinb501]

I've had my phone for about 6 months and it's been great, but all of a sudden I'm having an issue. When I go to the RAM manager it is using 1.5 GB - 1.7 GB, and there are a bunch of active apps running. This is new. Apps used to close by themselves and my RAM manager used to be at about 1 GB, and every once in a while there would be 1 - 2 active apps. I'm wondering if I accidentally changed a setting? Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

Do you notice any particular apps that are kept open in RAM that weren't there before? Does this persist after a reboot?

 

[flyinb501]

Do you notice any particular apps that are kept open in RAM that weren't there before? Does this persist after a reboot?

Yes, all the apps that I use are kept open in RAM now, where as before there would only be 1 or 2. I tried rebooting, but that didn't solve the problem.

 

[B. Diddy]

It's actually not normal for only one or two apps to be open in RAM. Do you use a RAM cleaner app? Or were you using one of the Developer Options (the one that kills an app as soon as you leave it)?

 

[flyinb501]

Not that I'm aware of... Where is that setting located?

 

[B. Diddy]

If you activated them, Developer Options is found in the main System Settings menu, just above About Phone. They're not activated by default--you have to go to Settings>About Phone​ and tap Build Number 7 times to activate them.