Right now I am going to show you how to force terminate any application on windows Os, Mac Os and other Os. Every computer user at some point will likely have to deal with a
program that just stops responding. Remember
what it was like when applications never froze? The application simply freezes or
hangs. Here's how to completely close the program with Windows' Task
Manager or Mac OS X's Force Quit.
Sometimes pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del(or the more direct Ctrl+Shift+Esc shortcut) can do the trick. Any computer user who have never use the End Task on Windows or Force Quit on the Mac will definitely need to learn how to use it.
How to Force-quit program on Windows using the Task Manager
To close a program that's frozen on Windows:
How to Force-Kill Application on Mac Os using the Activity Monitor
Sometimes you might find out that using the quit button on the application does not work so if that be the case you can open the activity monitor and look at the PID of the program you want to close. Then type "kill[PID]" in Terminal and it should do it.
Sometimes pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del(or the more direct Ctrl+Shift+Esc shortcut) can do the trick. Any computer user who have never use the End Task on Windows or Force Quit on the Mac will definitely need to learn how to use it.
How to Force-quit program on Windows using the Task Manager
To close a program that's frozen on Windows:
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open up the Task manager.
- In the Applications tab, click on the program that's not responding (the status will indicate "Not Responding") and then click the End Task button.
- In the new dialog box that appears, click End Task to close the application.
Mac: Force Quit
Mac OS X has both keyboard shortcuts for closing applications that aren't responding and menu options.- To forcefully close an application with your mouse, click on its icon in the dock and just hold down the left mouse button until the "Force Quit" option appears. Or you may right-click and choose "Force Quit"
- The keyboard shortcut to get the Force Quit menu of all applications open is Cmd+Opt+Esc
- The keyboard shortcut to quit the application on top that isn't responding is Cmd+Opt+Shift+Esc
- To choose from a list of applications to quit, click on the Apple icon in the menu bar, then "Force Quit"
How to Force-Quit Running Programs on Non-Windows Machines
Software programs and apps sometimes stop responding and won't close
on Apple, Linux, and other operating systems and devices, too. It's
certainly not a problem exclusive to Windows machines.
On a Mac, force quitting is best done from the Dock or via the Force Quit option from the Apple menu.
In Linux, you can use the xkill command to force quit a program. Open a terminal window, type it, and then click the open
program to kill it.
You can also quit an unresponsive program in ChromeOS by pressing the SHIFT+ESC keys to open the Task Manager and then select the program you want to terminate, followed by the End Process button.
To force quit an app on iPad and iPhone devices, double-press the Home button, find the app you want to close, and then swipe it up as if you're tossing it right off the device.
You can also quit an unresponsive program in ChromeOS by pressing the SHIFT+ESC keys to open the Task Manager and then select the program you want to terminate, followed by the End Process button.
To force quit an app on iPad and iPhone devices, double-press the Home button, find the app you want to close, and then swipe it up as if you're tossing it right off the device.
Android devices have a similar process–tap the square multitasking
button, find the app that's not responding, and then toss it off the
screen... left or right.
I hope these were helpful tips, especially for Windows! Have any tips of your own for killing misbehaving programs? below the comment and I'd be happy to add them.
How to Force-Kill Application on Mac Os using the Activity Monitor
Sometimes you might find out that using the quit button on the application does not work so if that be the case you can open the activity monitor and look at the PID of the program you want to close. Then type "kill[PID]" in Terminal and it should do it.
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