How to Stop a React App from Running in Windows

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Let’s say you are running a React app, which you started using npm start:

It is running in a browser, but closing the browser does not stop the app:

To stop this from running, in the command prompt, type CTRL-C. You will get the prompt to Terminate batch job:

Type Y and the app will stop running:

You can now run npm start again if you want to relaunch the app.

 

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