You’ll need to try another method if this is the case. The Alt-F4 shortcut isn’t a solution for apps that really aren’t responding, however. If you use this keyboard command and the app still doesn’t respond, the measures listed in the section above should activate, giving you the option to restart, force quit, or give more time.

The combination of the Alt and F4 keys instructs Windows to try and terminate the currently active window.

And if you are on a low specced Chromebook where you need multiple things running at once, check out our article on how to get the most from your Chromebook’s RAM.One keyboard shortcut you could try is Alt + F4. And if one app, in particular, keeps freezing up, you should uninstall it. The good thing is you can force the offending app closed via the Task Manager on Chrome OS. Especially on lower-end Chromebooks that don’t have the necessary resources to handle high workloads. Still, if you’re on a system with 100 tabs open and are running multiple Android and web apps, things can get bogged down. It certainly, doesn’t occur as much as it does on Windows.

It’s not often when you’ll run into a situation when you need to close an unresponsive app on Chrome OS. That will kill it right away, and you can go back and relaunch it (hopefully, it works this time). Click to highlight the app that isn’t surprising and then on the End Process button. That will open Task Manager for Chrome OS and will display all the currently running apps and processes. Or, for faster access, use the keyboard shortcut Search + Esc.

To launch it, open the Chrome browser and click the Menu button (three dots) and then More tools > Task manager. Close Unresponsive Apps on Your ChromebookĪs we’ve discussed in other articles about finding your Chromebook system specs, Chrome OS has its own Task Manager utility. Here is how to force close an unresponsive app on your Chromebook. But what if a similar situation happens while using your Chromebook? Well, the general idea applies to Chrome OS, too.

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