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title: "Program Termination"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
helpviewer_keywords: ["terminating execution", "quitting applications", "exiting applications", "programs [C++], terminating"]
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# Program Termination

In C++, there are several ways to exit a program:

- Call the [exit](../cpp/exit-function.md) function.

- Call the [abort](../cpp/abort-function.md) function.

- Execute a [return](../cpp/return-statement-in-program-termination-cpp.md) statement from `main`.

## See also

[main: Program Startup](../cpp/main-program-startup.md)