Use the Quit menu

To quit an application or force it to quit:

To quit an application, choose it from the Quit menu.
To quit an application and keep (or close) its windows, hold down the Command and Option keys and choose it from the Quit menu. Windows are kept if Resume is disabled for the chosen application or system-wide. Windows are closed if Resume is enabled for the chosen application or system-wide.

By default, Resume is disabled system-wide. To enable Resume system-wide on macOS 13 or later, disable the “Close windows when quitting an application” option in the Desktop & Dock pane of System Settings. On macOS 12 or 11, deselect the “Close windows when quitting an app” checkbox in the General pane of System Preferences.

Disable or enable window restoration for specific applications
To force an application to quit, hold down the Option key and choose the application from the Quit menu.
To force an application to quit and automatically relaunch it, hold down the Control key and choose the application.

Warning: By forcing an application to quit, you may lose unsaved changes.

Quit menu items are described below. To add or remove items from the Quit menu, open Application Wizard, choose Window > Menus, and click Quit Menu in the sidebar.

Running Applications

Choose an application to quit it. The active application is checked.

By default, running applications are sorted alphabetically. To list them from the most recent one to the oldest one, select the “Sort running applications chronologically” checkbox in the Quit Menu pane of the Menus window.

Running applications include automatically terminated applications. If you prefer not to show them, choose “Don’t show” or “Include in Background Processes” from the “Automatically terminated applications” pop-up menu in the Menus pane of Application Wizard Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Application Wizard Preferences (macOS 12 or 11).

Show automatically terminated applications

Quit Others

This command quits all the applications listed in the Quit menu except the active application.

Alternatively, you can quit all the applications listed in the Quit menu except one by holding down the Command key and choosing the application you want to keep running.

Quit All

This command quits all the applications listed in the Quit menu.

Quit Excluded

This command quits all the applications you have excluded from the Quit menu.

Keep applications always running

Groups

Groups let you quickly quit multiple applications at the same time.

To quit all the applications belonging to a group, choose Quit All from the group’s submenu. If you select the “Make group menu items choosable” checkbox in the Menus pane of Application Wizard Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Application Wizard Preferences (macOS 12 or 11), you can also quit all the applications belonging to a group by selecting the group menu item in the Quit menu.

Create groups

Excluded Applications

This submenu lets you quit applications you have excluded from the Quit menu.

Keep applications always running

Background Processes

The Background Processes submenu lets you quit background-only applications and services.

By default, Application Wizard shows the identification number of your background processes, so that you can distinguish different instances of a same process. To hide process identifiers, choose Hide Process ID from the submenu.

The Background Processes submenu can include automatically terminated applications.

Show automatically terminated applications

Use the Quit menu

To show the Quit menu:

To quit an application or force it to quit: