What is Alt + F4 keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 157 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 (21)

Google Chrome - Close the current window

Mozilla Thunderbird - Close window

Opera - Close active application window

Opera - Close application window

Windows 3.1 - Exit Windows

Windows 3.1 - Close the application or dialog box

Ubuntu - Close the window

Linux Mint - Close the window

GNOME - Close window

Camtasia - Exit MenuMaker

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Camtasia - Exit Theater

Exact Audio Copy - Exit

WinDirStat - Quit

Brave (Windows) - Close the current window

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

Windows XP - Close the console

Mapedit (Blood) - Micro scroll up

Mapedit (Blood) - Set ON state

Vizrt Virtual Set Editor - Close

MythTV 32 - Exit the application

VideoProc Vlogger (Windows) - Quit

Text editing (9)

Wordpad - Close WordPad

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

WordPerfect X8 - Quit WordPerfect

Microsoft Word 2019 - Exit Word

Microsoft FrontPage - Quit Microsoft FrontPage.

Metapad - Exit Metapad

Nuance Power PDF - Quit application

Tomboy 0.23 - Close current note window

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Exit Notepad3.

Imaging (21)

Paint.NET - Exit Paint.net

GIMP - Close the window

Microsoft Paint - Close the window

ACDSee Free - Closes ACDSee Free

Sweet Home 3D - Close

Adobe XD (Windows) - Quit

Adobe XD (Windows) - Close

LightWave 3D - Show / hide motion paths

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018 - Exit

ProgeCAD - Exit

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HitFilm - Exit

PowerDirector 17 - Exit CyberLink PowerDirector

PowerDirector 17 - Exit PowerDirector

Pinnacle Studio 22 - Close application

DraftSight 2019 - Exit the program

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

CorelDRAW 2020 - Exit

CorelDRAW 2020 - Close Print Preview

Paint 3D - Close program

InVision Studio 1.28.2 - Close Window

DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - Exit

System tools (11)

Xenia Emulator - Exit

Xfce - Close window

PhraseExpress - Minimize / exit PhraseExpress

KDE Plasma Desktop - Close

LXDE - Close window

Tera Term 4.97 - Exit

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

XenCenter - Exit XenCenter

Mintty 3.4.0 - Close

Parsec - Quit the Windows application

MobaXterm 20.6 - Exit MobaXterm

Developer tools (11)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Exit

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Exit

Notepad++ - Exit

Python IDLE for Windows - Close current window

FileMaker - Exit or quit FileMaker Pro

WinHex - Exit

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

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

Windows PowerShell ISE - Exit

SQLyog - Exit

Microsoft Power Automate 2.22 - Exit editor

Web applications (1)

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Exit app

File manager (5)

WinSCP - Quit

7-Zip - Close the program

WinNc - Quit

PureSync - Exit

Xyplorer - Exit

Media player (7)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Exit

Spotify - Exit

GOM Player - Close

KMPlayer - Exit

5KPlayer 6.0 - Exit program

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Exit

Plex (Windows) - Quit app

Games - PC (9)

Ren'Py - Quit the game

BeamNG - Quit game

Football Manager 2020 - Quit game

Warcraft III - Exit Warcraft III

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)

Warcraft III: Reforged - Exit Warcraft 3: Reforged

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Select 4

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

Social & Messaging (10)

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

Soundpad - Exit program

NewsBin Pro - Close application

Cisco Webex - Close any dialog box

Zoom (Windows) - Close the current window

GoToMeeting - Exit meeting

Security (1)

Comodo IceDragon - Close window

Productivity (37)

Kali Linux - Close window

Snip & Sketch - Exit (asks to save changes)

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

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Closes Excel

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit Access

Microsoft Access 2019 - Exit Access

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

Logo Accounting - Close the program

Bluebeam Revu - Close application

QuickBooks Desktop - Exit

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Tableau - Close the current workbook

Openbox - Close the active window

Workpapers CS - Exit the application

CCH Axcess Tax - Close Return Manager or Tax.

Articulate Storyline - Close storyline

Finale 26 - Exit

Tally ERP 9 - Select the Purchase Order Voucher Type

MetaTrader 5 - Close the platform

Sage 50 - Close the application window

MindManager 21 - Close MindManager

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - Exit

Vegas Pro 18 - Exit

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Close active browser window

RoomSketcher - Close the application

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Quit

Viz Artist 4.4 - Quit Viz Artist

Viz Artist 4.4 - Quit Viz Engine

HitFilm Pro 2021.3 - Exit

TallyPrime - Quit the application

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

Premiere Rush (Windows) - Exit

OBIEE 12.2 - Quit the application

NextGen EHR - Exit from the EHR application

OpenBoard 1.6 - Close the application

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Close window

Author-It - Close Window

Overdrive - Close OverDrive window

Scientific (13)

Maple - Exit Maple

Alteryx - Close Alteryx Designer

GeoGebra - Quit GeoGebra

Solidworks 2019 - Close Solidworks

FreeCAD 0.18 - Exit

OrCAD Capture - Exit

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Exit EPLAN

Vectorworks 2020 - Quit

Altium Designer - Exit Altium Designer

Femap 2020.2 - Exit

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TrueCAD 2021 - Exit program (Typed entry: EXIT)

Mastercam 2022 - Exit Mastercam

CEREC 4.0x - Exit program

Hardware (1)

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

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