Forcefullly kill a process in Ubuntu

Question

How can I forcefully stop a process in ubuntu, like we can do from task manager in ubuntu. look its not the same question as you indicate here. I want a feature in ubuntu 15 which is just same as task manager in windows. i.e. not just kill a process but also do rest of the jobs of the task manager.

another very similar Q&A: http://askubuntu.com/questions/104903/how-do-i-kill-processes-in-ubuntu — Takkat, Jun 27 '15 at 16:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '15 at 17:59

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If you mean in terminal you would need to run this command.

kill -9 kills processes instantly
```
kill -9 <process id>
```
pkill will allow you to use the process name
```
pkill -9 <processname>
```
or if you have multiple processes running like say chrome you would do something like this
```
sudo killall -9 <process name>
```

Hope this helps answer your question

edited Jun 27 '15 at 17:59

A.B.

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answered Jun 27 '15 at 14:59

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Anyway, it's always better to try to kill the process with a -TERM (-15) signal before, and using KILL (-9) only if the former don't work. That will give the process a chance to clean up before exiting. – Rmano Jun 27 '15 at 15:14
ya true i just figured he was wanting it extremely forceful but thanks anyway – popcorn9499 Jun 27 '15 at 15:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '15 at 15:16

Launch the System Monitor by searching for it in the Unity dashboard:

Unity search System Monitor results

Then make sure that you are in the Processes tab:

Processes tab selected

Right-click on the process you wish to kill and select Kill from the right-click menu:

Kill Process menu

Then click Kill on the confirmation dialog that pops up:

Confirm Kill process Dialog

Although it might be more advisable to select End from the right-click pull-down menu, but it really depends on how unresponsive the process is.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Start terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T
Type xkill

A cross appears on screen. click it on the application you need to kill forcefully.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

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answered Jun 27 '15 at 16:21

kashish

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 27 '15 at 15:07

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If you prefer to kill by graphic interface, just open the Dash and type: System Monitor. Then, select the tab "Process". In that tab, click on the process that you want to stop and click at the "End Process" button, at the bottom of the window. Finally, confirm the finish process in the window that appear.

answered Jun 27 '15 at 15:07

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This only ends the processes, the OP said that they wanted to kill the process. – Jun 29 '15 at 14:06

Forcefullly kill a process in Ubuntu

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