Are there any Keyboard Shortcuts to Shutdown?

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Are there any Keyboard Shortcuts to Shutdown? (e.g. in Windows Alt+F4+Alt+F4 Right Arrow Enter)

score 42 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 16 '16 at 12:24

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No, but assuming you're using 11.10, one can easily be added by going to:

System Settings
Keyboard
Shortcuts tab
Custom Shortcuts
Then the little + icon.

You can give it the name "Shutdown", and the command. Try the command below:

gnome-session-quit --power-off --force

, then apply whatever keyboard shortcut you want to it.

edited Aug 16 '16 at 12:24

Bhikkhu Subhuti

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answered Dec 30 '11 at 13:39

Thomas Boxley

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It's worth noting that in GNOME 3.34, you need to go to Devices in the GNOME Settings application, then Keyboard Shortcuts from there. I'm no longer on Ubuntu but those are the steps for the generic GNOME Settings app. – Thomas Boxley Feb 23 '20 at 16:35
If you don't want to skip shutdown dialog box, remove --force option: gnome-session-quit --power-off – Yassine Sedrani Jun 25 '21 at 11:40

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '11 at 13:51

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Yes there is shortcut to shutdown (not a keyboard one).

Shortly pressing and releasing the power button will call the shutdown dialogue box.

answered Dec 30 '11 at 13:51

danjjl

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not on my thinkpad... whad does it depend on? – nutty about natty May 02 '12 at 08:25
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haha. Good point there. – chrisjlee Feb 22 '13 at 16:20
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Interesting, this approach works. But it's bugged. The dialog "Shut system down?" appears ... but you can't navigate or confirm with the keyboard. One has to set focus and confirm by mouse clicks. – somethis Jun 07 '13 at 03:50
GOLD! the simplest and most obvious of all... and i never even thought about trying that – Peter Perháč Sep 26 '16 at 17:48

score 18 · Answer 3 · edited May 18 '13 at 21:02

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You can try this steps as well:

Press Alt+F10.
The file menu will get displayed in the top.
Use the Right Arrow key in your keyboad and go to extreme right (Pressing Left Arrow might also work and be much faster).
Select the shutdown in from the menu and hit enter.

edited May 18 '13 at 21:02

Community

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answered Feb 22 '13 at 13:07

dulton

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This is not a shortcut, just keyboard navigation through menu. – Łukasz Jakubek Jul 17 '18 at 08:46

score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

The command in Thomas Boxley's answer works pretty well, but you may want to instead use a command that shuts down and powers off the machine, without any warning dialog.

If you want that, you can use this command:

dbus-send --system --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop

Making a shortcut for the above command instead provides an instant "quick power off."

score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 23 '14 at 02:33

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This probably not a shortcut, but you dont need a mouse to perform it: Press alt.

In the hud that appears, start typing shut down "Device>Shut Down" should most likely be the first option, press enter.

This opens the shut down dialog box. You can now choose to shut down or restart using arrow keys and then press enter.

It seems a lot, but its really just around 10 key strokes.

edited Mar 23 '14 at 02:33

Braiam

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answered Jul 22 '13 at 16:44

Rishu Prakamya Dutt

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered May 18 '13 at 21:14

In Ubuntu 13.04, you can set a keyboard shortcut to this script:

#!/bin/bash

dbus-send --print-reply --dest="org.gnome.Shell" /org/gnome/SessionManager/EndSessionDialog org.gnome.SessionManager.EndSessionDialog.Open uint32:2 uint32:0 uint32:60 array:objpath:/org/gnome/SessionManager/EndSessionDialog

This would bring up the shutdown dialog.

Are there any Keyboard Shortcuts to Shutdown?

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