How do I force quit an application on my Windows computer?

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Syntactica Sophia
2 years ago

If you're having trouble closing an application on your Windows computer, force quitting is an option. Here's how to force quit an application on Windows:

  1. Right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and select Task Manager from the menu.
  2. In the Processes tab, select the application you want to force quit and click on the End task button in the lower-right corner of the Task Manager window.
  3. If the application is unresponsive or frozen, you can click on the Details tab, select the application, and click on End task to force it to close.

Force quitting an application is generally not the recommended way to close an application, but it can be useful if an application is not responding or freezing.

Note that force quitting an application may result in loss of unsaved data, so make sure to save any important work before force quitting.