How do I quit/exit all windows/buffers/splits/tabs at once in Vim or vimdiff?

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Rob Bednark picture Rob Bednark · Jan 17, 2015 · Viewed 21.5k times · Source

How do you quit all windows with a single command in Vim or vimdiff?

:q only quits out of the active window, so then a separate :q is needed to close each window.

Answer

Rob Bednark picture Rob Bednark · Jan 17, 2015

:qa quits all open windows/buffers/splits/tabs
(aliases: :qall :quitall)

Vim documentation for :qa

For help on this command in Vim: :help :qa

:qa! will quit without giving an option to save if it's modified.
:wqa will write all changed buffers and then quit.
:wqa! will write all changed buffers, even readonly ones, and then quit.

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