How to Force Close Apps on Mac

How to force close running apps on Mac? If in Windows 10 there is a feature Task Manager, then on Mac there is such a thing Activity Monitor.

Its function is more or less the same as the Task Manager in Windows 10. With Activity Monitor, you can see what processes and applications are running on your Mac.

You can also find out what percentage of RAM, CPU and DISK are being used. And if you want, you can force close an app on your Mac via Activity Monitor.

Why should force close the app from Activity Monitor instead of in close just direct the application window?

Sometimes when we use an application, the application hang or freeze. So we can’t close it by pressing the button Close as usual.

Therefore we can use the Activity Manager on the Mac.

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How to Force Close Apps on Mac

Run Launchpad, or by tapping the button F4 on your Mac keyboard. Then select the application named Activity Monitor (Activity Monitor).

Next the Activity Monitor window will open and display the entire list of running applications (including system applications). Select the app you want to force close, then tap the button X.

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A small window will appear containing confirmation Are you sure you want to close this process? Tap the button Closed to continue. Or you can also select the button Force Close if the application you want to close is hangs.

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Now the application you selected earlier will stop running. And if you look in the Dock, now the application is no longer there. Which indicates that the application is no longer running.

If you pay attention to step number 2, you will see that there are many application names and processes that are running. Do not close applications or processes carelessly.

Because many of these processes are system applications that must be running so that the Mac can be used properly. Don’t carelessly close system applications that you don’t know about.

Or later your Mac will experience minor problems (like hangs, and the like). Although this can be easily overcome, namely byrestart-his. But if it can be avoided, why not?