Force Quitting an Application

Summary

Instructions on how to force quit an unresponsive application on a Mac.

Body

Issue/Question

How do I quit an app that has stopped responding?

Environment

  • macOS

Resolution

  1. Click .
  2. Select Force Quit... .
  3. Select the unresponsive app.
  4. Click Force Quit.
  5. Click Force Quit, again.

Details

Details

Article ID: 1108
Created
Wed 1/21/15 6:27 PM
Modified
Wed 7/29/20 1:11 PM

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