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

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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.

Here's what I like to do - `:only` to show the final result of the merge, then `ZZ` to save and quit, since there is only one window open after `:only` command (or swap `ZZ` for however you like to quit a single window). — Ben Wilde, Jan 25 '16 at 17:12

Rob Bednark · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-20T20:19:19.560

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: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.

edited Oct 20 '20 at 20:19

answered Jan 17 '15 at 00:20

Rob Bednark

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For those who don't know where to write `:qa`, first press `ctrl+C`. – Bamdad Aug 19 '21 at 07:53

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

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