Close Program Using Task Manager On Windows 8.1

The Task Manager is a GUI window in the Windows 8.1 operating system that lists the applications that are running as well as the background processes indicating their statuses like if how much system resources they are using, if they are not responding, etc. The Task Manager is one of the built-in system applications of the Windows 8.1 and its executable file is taskmgr.exe that you can directly execute through the Run command. The Task Manager of Windows 8.1 now includes a Startup tab that lists the applications that automatically starts every time you turn on the computer, from here, you can also set if which application that you want to disable from automatically starting. The Task Manager can be useful for closing applications that have frozen and cannot be closed normally. It is also useful for identifying applications that are running in the background except if it is a malware because malwares are hiding themselves from getting detected by the Task Manager.

Here are the steps to close a program using the Task Manager on Windows 8.1.

1. Right-click on the START button and click TASK MANAGER option. (You can also open the Task Manager by holding down the CTRL and ALT keys of the keyboard at the same time and then hit the DEL key, then click on TASK MANAGER.)


2. Choose the program that you want to close under the Apps category by right-clicking it, and then click END TASK option.