# server.Server.kill

- **Module:** server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/073b9d7dedad900bff6f5ec0ea47794e40225870/packages/libtmux/src/server.ts#L1345
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-kill/

```
kill(): Promise<void>
```

Terminate the tmux server and every session on it.

## Examples

```ts
await server.kill();
```

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `kill`.

- [`kill-server`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/kill-server/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_kill_server_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_kill_server_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_kill_server_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-kill-server-c-cmd_kill_server_exec/) (function)

## Guides

Pages that discuss `kill`.

- [Socket and servers](/en/ts/latest/topics/socket-and-servers/)

## In other ports

Shut the tmux server down

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.kill`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Server#kill`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.kill`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-kill/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.Kill`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Server.killServer`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-killserver/) (method) |
| Kotlin | [`io.github.libtmux.kotlin.Server.killServer`](/en/kotlin/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-kotlin-server-killserver/) (method) |
| Scala | [`io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.Server.killServer`](/en/scala/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-scaladsl-server-killserver/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Server.KillAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-killasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Server::kill`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.killServer()`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-killserver()/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir or F#.