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In Finder right-click on “Kill All” and select Info.If you want to Customize the KillAll application icon: ensures I have saved any open/unsaved files.

This is what my personal version of KillAll looks like, it: Drag this from the right-hand side to the left, it should appear before the Quit All Applications command.In the Variables search box, type “Ask for Confirmation”.If you want a Prompt before KillAll runs, before Step 4 above, If you want a prompt before the application runs, or want to close everything even if there is a Save prompt or customize the icon, this can all be done by making some small tweaks to the steps above by following the Advanced Version instructions below. In the version above, unless you check the box at 6, it won’t prompt you to save open files.

Quit all apps windows#

It may take a few seconds to close all open macOS applications, depending on how many windows you have open. Apps that have open dialog boxes or that require you to save a file will not be closed or killed. Tip: Keep in mind every other application will close, including apps that you may have run at launch or that run in the background. Now you can close all open macOS applications with the command KillAll, just hit ⌘ +Space and type KillAll.

Select File > Save and name the file “killall” make sure you select the “where” location as Applications.

Tell application “Finder” close every window.

In the AppleScript module, highlight “You script goes here” and paste over it the following text.

Drag the Run AppleScript to the right, underneath the Quit All Applications module.

In the Variables search box, type, and select Run AppleScript.

Optionally, make sure you check the “Ask to save changes” check box.

From the left column, drag and drop the Quit All Applications into the right grey Workflow box.

In the search Variables box, type Quit.

Select File > New and select the “Application” icon (top row, second from left).

Press ⌘ +Space to search for and open the Automator application on your Mac.

Here are 10 easy steps of what you need to do give yourself a KillAll command for your Mac. Once done, you will have your own “KillAll” app that will close all open macOS apps. Don’t worry, it’s very easy to do and takes all of the 2-3minutes to set up. To close all open macOS Apps at once you need to create your own shortcut using Apple’s Automator and a little bit of AppleScript. While macOS offers a Windows equivalent of Task Manager that lets will let you kill applications one by one (the macOS equivalent, to this is ⌘ + Option ⌥ + Escape) it’s slow work and there is a better way.

Effectively force quitting every open macOS app. If you use macOS you may be looking for a shortcut to close all open apps. If you find this helpful and want to say thanks, please buy me a coffee or take a look at my book on Amazon. Important: I am not affiliated with any of the manufacturers, brands, services, or websites listed on this page and this is my personal experience.