In this tutorial, we will introduce 4 methods to stop running python script.

Method 1: Ctrl+c

If you are running python script by terminal, you can press Ctrl+c to stop a running python script.

Method 2: Use exit() function in python script.

Method 3: Use sys.exit() function

Here is an example:

import sys

sys.exit()

Method 4: Use os._exit(0) function

Here is an example:

import os

os._exit(0)