---
title: "How to really!! quit vim"
description: "In terminal"
canonical: https://oozou.com/til/how-to-really-quit-vim-30
locale: en
date: 2020-10-13
topic: vim
---

# How to really!! quit vim

> In terminal

Published: 2020-10-13 · Topic: [vim](https://oozou.com/til-topics/vim) ([markdown](https://oozou.com/til-topics/vim.md))

In terminal

```shell
vim todo.txt
```

Colon (:) (lowercase) q
*vim
:q*

Just don't use MacVim @joe :D

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