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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic"
      style="task"
      id="shell-apps-forcequit">

  <info>
  
    <link type="guide" xref="shell-overview" />
    <link type="seealso" xref="shell-apps-open" />
    
    <desc>Make an application close if it stops responding.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-03-19" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

<title>Force an unresponsive program to close</title>
   <p> To force quit any application: </p>
   <steps>
     <item><p>
       Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>.
     </p></item>
     <item><p>
       A command window pops up.  Type <cmd>xkill</cmd>.  Your mouse pointer turns into an 'x'.
     </p></item>
     <item><p>
       Click on the application to terminate it.
     </p></item>
   </steps>
   <note>
   <p>
     After you press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, you can press <key>Esc</key> if you change your mind about force quiting the application, or if the application starts responding.
   </p>
   </note>

</page>