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Inability to Terminate Python or PowerShell in ConEmu with Ctrl-C

When running scripts or programs like Python in the PowerShell terminal or console in ConEmu, you may sometimes be unable to force-quit them with Ctrl-C. If you can't force-quit scripts in ConEmu, you can send a termination signal to the script from the ConEmu operation panel.

Shou Arisaka

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Nov 1, 2025

When running scripts or programs like Python in the PowerShell terminal or console in ConEmu, you may sometimes be unable to force-quit them with Ctrl-C.

If you can’t force-quit scripts in ConEmu, you can send a termination signal to the script from the ConEmu operation panel.

In ConEmu: right-click on tab > close or kill > kill active process

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Ctrl-C for quitting Python in Powershell now not working - Stack Overflow

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Started web development at 15 by launching a WordPress site. The following year, began microservice development using Ruby on Rails. Currently involved in Next.js website creation supporting the Digital Agency and SaaS development projects, while also pursuing personal modern web app development using React.js, Node.js, and TypeScript as a hobby. Specializes in agile full-stack development from frontend to backend, handling web marketing and advertising design as needed, providing cost-effective and high-quality customer experiences through advertising operations, AI-driven development, and data analysis. Developer, designer, and writer of the IT blog 'DebugTips', which has been supported by over 2 million people worldwide and is celebrating its 9th anniversary. Currently working hard to make the independently developed SNS 'Intrawrite' (currently in beta) Japan's leading domestic social network.