Shut down a session

Press Ctrl-f Ctrl-q to open a shutdown confirmation. Check the displayed session name, then type SHUTDOWN to close that session’s panes and disconnect its clients. Press Enter with an empty answer or Ctrl-c to cancel.

This ends the running programs in that session. Save your work first. Other sessions continue, including a separately running shared popup.

Leave work running instead

Use Ctrl-f d to detach and preserve the current session. You can return with zj SESSION or the session picker.

Shutting down from inside the shared popup ends that scratch session rather than its containing session. Closing the popup view with Ctrl-f P only hides it.

If the session changes while confirmation is open, the shutdown may be rejected. Reopen confirmation in the session you intend to end rather than retrying an old prompt.