What is Alt + F4 keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 166 programs in our database.

General description for this shortcut: Closes most programs. Some full screen games can also be closed with this shortcut.

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General (24)

Linux Mint - Close the window

Windows 11 - Close the active item, or exit the active app

Opera - Close active application window

Opera - Close application window

Brave (Windows) - Close the current window

Google Play Games on PC - (in the game) Close the game immediately (doesn't close the main app)

Camtasia - Exit MenuMaker

Camtasia - Exit Theater

Google Chrome - Close the current window

Mozilla Thunderbird - Close window

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Windows 3.1 - Exit Windows

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Windows 3.1 - Close the application or dialog box

Windows XP - Close the console

Ubuntu - Close the window

GNOME - Close window

Mapedit (Blood) - Micro scroll up

Mapedit (Blood) - Set ON state

VideoProc Vlogger (Windows) - Quit

Exact Audio Copy - Exit

WinDirStat - Quit

Codesys V3 - Exit

Vizrt Virtual Set Editor - Close

MythTV 32 - Exit the application

Lubuntu (Openbox) - Close

Text editing (9)

Microsoft Word 2019 - Exit Word

Nuance Power PDF - Quit application

Microsoft FrontPage - Quit Microsoft FrontPage.

Wordpad - Close WordPad

Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix) - (Windows only) Close Help window

WordPerfect X8 - Quit WordPerfect

Metapad - Exit Metapad

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Exit Notepad3.

Tomboy 0.23 - Close current note window

Imaging (22)

CorelDRAW 2020 - Exit

CorelDRAW 2020 - Close Print Preview

PowerDirector 17 - Exit CyberLink PowerDirector

PowerDirector 17 - Exit PowerDirector

Paint.NET - Exit Paint.net

Microsoft Paint - Close the window

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Exit

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Closes the currently active dockable window when it is undocked, or exits the application if the main application window is active.

ProgeCAD - Exit

Paint 3D - Close program

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LightWave 3D - Show / hide motion paths

GIMP - Close the window

DraftSight 2023 - Exit the program

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Exit

Sweet Home 3D - Close

Adobe XD (Windows) - Quit

Adobe XD (Windows) - Close

HitFilm - Exit

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Close application

ACDSee Free - Closes ACDSee Free

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Close Window

Mylio Photos (Windows) - Close Mylio Photos (Windows only)

System tools (14)

Xenia Emulator - Exit

Xfce - Close window

MobaXterm 20.6 - Exit MobaXterm

LXDE - Close window

Parsec - Quit the Windows application

KDE Plasma Desktop - Close

Cisco Packet Tracer - Exit Packet Tracer

Cisco Packet Tracer - Exit Text Editor (Valid in PC Desktop and Server Desktop)

Tera Term 4.97 - Exit

Mintty 3.4.0 - Close

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DesktopOK 4.34 - When DesktopOK > Minimize to tray option is enabled, this shorctut will minimize window to the system tray. Otherwise DesktopOK will exit

PhraseExpress - Minimize / exit PhraseExpress

XenCenter - Exit XenCenter

Linux MetaCity - Close window

Developer tools (13)

Notepad++ - Exit

Python IDLE for Windows - Close current window

Thonny 4.0.2 - Exit

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Exit

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Exit

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - File.Exit

FileMaker - Exit or quit FileMaker Pro

WinHex - Exit

Microsoft Power Automate 2.22 - Exit editor

SQLyog - Exit

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - File.Exit

Windows PowerShell ISE - Exit

Turbo C++ IDE - Inspect

Web applications (1)

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Exit app

File manager (5)

7-Zip - Close the program

Xyplorer - Exit

WinSCP - Quit

WinNc - Quit

PureSync - Exit

Media player (8)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Exit

GOM Player - Close

KMPlayer - Exit

5KPlayer 6.0 - Exit program

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Exit

Plex (Windows) - Quit app

FTR Player 7.6 - Exit program

Spotify - Exit

Games - PC (12)

Ren'Py - Quit the game

BeamNG - Quit game

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Select 4

Football Manager 2023 - Quit game

Warcraft III: Reforged - Exit Warcraft 3: Reforged

Spore - Quit

Warcraft III - Exit Warcraft III

Football Manager 2020 - Quit game

Old School RuneScape (OSRS) - Close browser window. (This is browser/OS command, not a RuneScape hotkey)

Tibia - Try exiting game (this shortcut isn't listed in official manual)

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Battle Brothers - Blazing Deserts - Quit game without saving (For “ironman” mode)

Verisurf - Close Mastercam

Soundpad - Exit program

NewsBin Pro - Close application

Zoom (Windows) - Close the current window

Cisco Webex - Close any dialog box

GoToMeeting - Exit meeting

Blackboard Collaborate - Quit Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard Collaborate - Close window: Notes, activity, closed captioning, and calculator

Blackboard Collaborate - Close activity window

Blackboard Collaborate - Close notes window

Blackboard Collaborate - Close closed-captioning window

Security (1)

Comodo IceDragon - Close window

Productivity (48)

OpenBoard 1.6 - Close the application

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Closes Excel

Finale 26 - Exit

Kali Linux - Close window

Snip & Sketch - Exit (asks to save changes)

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Quit

Openbox - Close the active window

MetaTrader 5 - Close the platform

Macro Pulover - Exit

MindManager 21 - Close MindManager

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Samsung DeX (2023) - Close current app

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit Access

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit Access

Vegas Pro 18 - Exit

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Close active browser window

Sweet Home 3D 7.1 (Windows) - Close

WordPerfect Office Suite 2021 - Exit

Logo Accounting - Close the program

QuickBooks Desktop - Exit

Sage 50 - Close the application window

NextGen EHR - Exit from the EHR application

Pcon Planner 8 - Quit program

Guitar Pro 8 (Windows) - Quit

Bluebeam Revu - Close application

Tally ERP 9 - Select the Purchase Order Voucher Type

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Exit

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Exit

LibreOffice - Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed)

Workpapers CS - Exit the application

Articulate Storyline - Close storyline

Viz Artist 4.4 - Quit Viz Artist

Viz Artist 4.4 - Quit Viz Engine

TallyPrime - Quit the application

Dynamics NAV (Windows client) - Close window or close program

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Exit

OBIEE 12.2 - Quit the application

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Close window

Author-It - Close Window

Evernote for Windows (legacy) - Close separate windows / Minimize main window to tray

Tableau - Close the current workbook

CCH Axcess Tax - Close Return Manager or Tax.

RoomSketcher - Close the application

Overdrive - Close OverDrive window

NetDocuments ndOffice - Close a dialog box

NetDocuments ndOffice - Close the document

SelfCAD - Close browser

Sound Particles 2.1 (Windows) - Exit program

Sound Particles 2.1 (Windows) - Exit

Scientific (15)

Altium Designer - Exit Altium Designer

Femap 2020.2 - Exit

Mastercam 2022 - Exit Mastercam

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Exit EPLAN

OrCAD Capture - Exit

GeoGebra - Quit GeoGebra

FreeCAD 0.18 - Exit

Maple - Exit Maple

Solidworks 2019 - Close Solidworks

Vectorworks 2020 - Quit

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Alteryx - Close Alteryx Designer

TrueCAD 2021 - Exit program (Typed entry: EXIT)

CEREC 4.0x - Exit program

CircuitStudio - Exit from application

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Go to the Contents pane of a catalog view

Hardware (1)

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - Close the active item, or exit the active program

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Page summary:

Table of contents

General (24)
Text editing (9)
Imaging (22)
System tools (14)
Developer tools (13)
Web applications (1)
File manager (5)
Media player (8)
Games - PC (12)
Social & Messaging (10)
Security (1)
Productivity (48)
Scientific (15)
Hardware (1)

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