Close the window. Quit the app.
On a Mac, closing an app’s last window doesn’t quit it. Exeunt fixes that and makes it work similar to how clicking the X on Windows does. Fixing one of the most annoying things about macOS.
By buying, you agree to the Terms.
Free for 14 days, with everything working. No account, no card, no key. After that it’s $5 USD, one-time — and if you don’t buy, nothing is deleted: it keeps showing you what it would have quit, and stops quitting.
Free for 14 days. Signed and notarised by Apple. Around 1 MB. No account, no telemetry. Uninstall by dragging it to the Trash.
Your Mac is full of apps you thought you closed
You close Preview’s last window. Preview is still running. You close Safari. Still running. Nothing on screen, still in the Dock, still holding memory.
It has worked this way since the 1980s and it still catches people out every day — because closing the last window looks exactly like quitting.
Exeunt makes the obvious thing happen. Close the last window, the app quits. No new habit to learn.
Nothing to learn
Keep closing windows the way you already do. Exeunt handles the rest.
Your work is safe
Exeunt never closes a window and never force-quits. Apps with unsaved changes show their save dialog exactly as they always have.
You decide the exceptions
Keep Mail, Messages or Spotify running with one click. System apps are always protected.
A never-quit list
Protect anything that does useful work with no window open — Mail collecting messages, Messages receiving texts, Spotify playing. One click from the menu bar protects whatever is in front.
Try it before trusting it
Turn the master switch off and Exeunt keeps watching and recording without quitting anything, so the Activity list shows what it would have done.
Starts at login
With no Dock icon and no window unless you open one.
Questions
Is there a free trial?
Yes. 14 days, with everything working — no account, no card and no licence key. It starts the first time Exeunt runs.
What happens when the trial ends?
Exeunt keeps running and keeps showing you what it would have quit, but stops quitting apps. Your settings and never-quit list are kept, and entering a licence key picks up exactly where it left off.
Do I need an account to try it?
No. There is nothing to register, and the trial contacts nobody unless you choose Check for Updates.
Can I have longer to try it?
Email support@exeunt.app and ask.
Will I lose unsaved work?
No. Exeunt never closes a window — you do. Your app’s save dialog runs exactly as it always has, and only once the window is actually gone does Exeunt ask the app to quit. It uses the same polite request ⌘Q sends, never a force-quit.
What about apps that need to keep running?
Add them to the never-quit list. Mail, Messages and music apps are the usual ones. From the menu bar it’s one click on the app you’re looking at.
Can it quit Finder?
No. Finder, the Dock, System Settings, Control Centre and Notification Centre are permanently protected.
Why does it need Accessibility access?
It’s the only way macOS lets an app see other apps’ windows. Exeunt uses it to notice when a window closes and to know where the red dot is. It doesn’t read your screen, your keystrokes or your documents.
Why isn’t it on the Mac App Store?
App Store apps must be sandboxed, and a sandboxed app can’t use the Accessibility API. Every app of this kind is sold directly for the same reason.
Does it work on Intel Macs?
Yes. Exeunt is a universal binary and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, on macOS 13 or later.
Some apps take a few seconds to quit.
That’s the app, not Exeunt. Mail takes about ten seconds to close its accounts. Exeunt asks it to quit immediately; the app takes as long as it takes.
How do I uninstall it?
Quit it from the menu bar, drag it to the Trash, and remove it from System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
Read the full help page, including installation and the Accessibility permission.
Close the window. Quit the app.
Free for 14 days, then a one-time $5. Free updates within 1.x. No account.
By buying, you agree to the Terms.