There’s a few quick ways to duck out of unresponsive apps, but you should always check if there’s an unknown program slowing down your Mac.

As with any personal computer, your Mac can occasionally have programs that have problems or glitches. Here's how to force quit any application on your Mac.

This will make the "Quit" option in the right-click menu change to "Force Quit." Closing an app using Activity Monitor On the slightly more detailed end of closing out an app is the Activity Monitor.

Force quit on Mac When the spinning rainbow wheel appears on your computer, take solace in the fact there’s an easy way to force quit on your computer, too. First, click out of the unresponsive app.

If an app freezes up or stops working right, you may want to force-close it. Here's how.

Force quit an app on a Windows laptop: Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, right click on the app to close, and hit End Task. Force quit an app on a Mac laptop: Press Option + Command + Esc, select the app ...

Over time, you can end up with dozens of apps on your Mac. Here’s what to do when your Mac won’t delete an app that you no longer want or need.

Bugs and errors can cause users problems by crashing apps and preventing them from being closed normally. Here's how to force quit frozen apps using the Apple Vision Pro.

How to force quit an app on iPhone, iPad Apple has a very simple solution for dealing with an unresponsive app on your iPhone and iPad. Here's what to do when an app stops responding: Swipe up ...