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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="shell-apps-forcequit">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="shell-apps"/>
<desc>How to force quit any app.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-01-10" 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 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 point 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>
<comment>
<p>Explain Force Quit. Does the Shell gray-out apps that have frozen too, like Compiz does?</p>
</comment>
</page>
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