You can exit R with the quit() command. More succinctly, the quit command is aliased as q() . Normally when you start R, you’ll be reminded of this command.

How do you exit R in terminal?

To quit R you can either use the RStudio > Quit pull-down menu command or execute ⌘ + Q (OS X) or ctrl + Q (PC).

How do I end an R session in Linux?

Try Ctrl + C first, because if it works you will still have your R session. If it doesn’t work, and you do Ctrl + you will lose your R session, but at least it stops the process.