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What to do when an application won't force quit See if that one works: hold down the Option key and right-click the app's icon. If you hold down Option and click on an app in the Dock, you will see an extra option for Force Quit. Right-click or Control-click on the app's icon in the Dock and choose Force Quit.

If you can access the Apple menu, click on it, choose Force Quit, select the app, and click Force Quit.

Press Command-Option-Escape, select the app from the box that opens, and click Force Quit.

There are several different ways to force quit an application. However, it can be useful, despite the risk of losing data, if the app in question hangs and fails to respond for several minutes, especially if it causes the rest of your Mac to hang or even just slow down.

It tells the app to stop what it's doing immediately and not to display any of the dialogs it might usually show you before it quits. Force quitting an application is a pretty drastic course of action.