This will terminate Google Chrome browser instantly. When controlling a Mac from a Windows PC, press Windows Key-Alt-Esc on the client keyboard. Go ahead and type in the following command in Terminal: kill 9635 Note that the PID number for Google Chrome is 9635.
The full command would look like this: ps -ax | grep Īnd in our case, it will be something like this: ps -ax | grep ChromeĪnd it should output the following in Terminal: Now, let’s say we want to force quit Google Chrome, we can make use of the grep command in conjunction with our ps -ax to get exactly the information about the process we want. Upon typing in ps -ax, you may get a long list of output of running processes that look something like the screenshot below: Type the following command in Terminal: kill.To kill (force quit) a specific application, look for its name and note down the PID number.
This will give you a list of all running process on your Mac along with other details like its respective PID number, elapsed running time, process name and process location.