Questions tagged [xkill]

Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients.

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Why can't I kill a terminal window with xkill in Wayland?

When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my ...
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I accidentally used xkill on my desktop - how can I get it back?

I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared. Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart. I'm using GNOME and GDM.
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How to kill a program?

How I can kill a program corectlly? Because when I use xkill very often it's closed incorectlly. Scenario: I have a game, game lags, I can't close it normally, im forced, to use forced kill, in ...
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Kill a specific window, but not the entire suite of windows belonging to one program?

Currently using KDE. I'd like a shortcut that's able to kill a window, but not all windows of the same process. For example, right now I'm using xkill to kill windows using the mouse. I love it, but ...
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