# libtmux.Server.kill

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/server.py#L454
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-server-kill/

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

```
libtmux.Server.kill(self) -> None
```

Kill tmux server.

```python
>>> svr = Server(socket_name="testing")
>>> svr
Server(socket_name=testing)
```

```python
>>> svr.new_session()
Session(...)
```

```python
>>> svr.is_alive()
True
```

```python
>>> svr.kill()
```

```python
>>> svr.is_alive()
False
```

## In other ports

### Shut the tmux server down

- Ruby: [`LibTmux::Server#kill`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-kill/) (method)
- TypeScript: [`server.Server.kill`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-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.Server.killServer`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-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)
- 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)