gnome-session-quit(1)

gnome-session-quit1

End the current gnome session

Usage

gnome-session-quit [OPTION ...]

Overview

gnome-session-quit can be used to end a GNOME session.

Options

-h, --help

Print help and exit

--logout

Prompt the user to confirm logout. This is the default behavior. Cannot be combined with --power-off or --reboot.

--power-off

Prompt the user to confirm system power off. Cannot be combined with --logout or --reboot.

--reboot

Prompt the user to confirm system reboot. Cannot be combined with --logout or --power-off.

--force

Ignore any inhibitors.

--no-prompt

End the session without user interaction. This only works with --logout.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8–13
  3. Arch

--force since Debian 8 (Jessie); --help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --reboot since Debian 8 (Jessie); -h since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

From gnome-session 51.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.