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Why Mac apps keep running after you close their window, and what to do about it.

How to quit an app when you close its window on a Mac

On a Mac, closing the last window leaves the app running. Here are the quickest ways to quit it, and how to make closing the window quit the app automatically.

Why Mac apps keep running after you close the window

Closed the window but the app is still in the Dock? Why macOS works this way, how to tell which apps are still running, and what to do about it.

How to make a Mac close apps like Windows does

Moved from Windows? On a Mac, clicking the red close button doesn't exit the program. The differences, the habits that help, and how to make it work like Windows.

Why the red X doesn’t quit apps on a Mac

The red button on a Mac window closes the window, not the app. What it does, what the yellow and green ones do, and how to make the red button quit the app.