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The current docs do not mention that this very important button has been removed. I imagine it's to do with the way it's tracking processes differently now. Where is it? Do we have to kill processes ourselves via adb now? Why has it moved? Why is no one talking about this?!

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Daniel Wilson
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I've made bug report, we are also missing this feature. You can upvote the issue if you like or add more details.

Vojtěch Pešek
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It's strange they forgot to include this feature in new logcat. For now you can switch back to the old logcat and you'll get back the option to "Terminate application"

To disable new logcat: Go to preferences -> Select Experimental option -> Uncheck Enabled new logcat window

Love Mahajan
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With Android Studio Giraffe if you make a right click over the log in the logcat window you can find a menu "Kill process". enter image description here

TheFedex87
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    yeah this was a welcome addition, now the question is if it can be buried in this context menu no one uses, why can it equally not be put back where it was? – Daniel Wilson Aug 30 '23 at 21:52
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Since Android Studio Flamingo, it can be found in "Device Explorer" tab in bottom right.

Then there is "Processes" tab where you have the possibility to force stop process and to kill it.

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EDIT: However, according to this article, the behaviour differs from the Terminate button...

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    I've left a comment on that article and I think the author might be mistaken. My guess is the "terminate application" button is replaced with the "kill process" button, but you must press the home button first, i.e the app can't be in the foreground. See [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11365301/how-to-simulate-android-killing-my-process/26890214#26890214) – Daniel Wilson Dec 15 '22 at 14:19
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    As far as I verified, I am confirming your guesses, just wanted to point out that this whole topic seems way too neglected and messed up in next Android Studio versions. This "Processes" tab seems very buggy (rarely detects proper Process Name in my case) – adek111 Dec 15 '22 at 15:45
  • yeah I highly doubt I will willingly use the new logcat until they fix it, this aspect is a bit of a mess and surprisingly few seem to notice / care – Daniel Wilson Dec 15 '22 at 15:54
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If need Terminate Application button, based on what google supporst said you can have it back going Settings >> Experimental >> (and uncheck)Enable new Logcat tool window.

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