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title: "Voice for Windows: Sign Out or Close"
slug: "voice-windows-help-close-app"
updated: 2024-06-19T14:39:37Z
published: 2023-02-09T19:41:29Z
canonical: "support.nvoq.com/voice-windows-help-close-app"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Voice for Windows: Sign Out or Close

When you need to shut down nVoq Voice you can either "sign out" or "close" the application.

- *Signing out* will log you out of Voice and open the Sign In window where you can manually enter credentials.
- *Closing* the application will shut it down completely.

## Sign Out

1. Click the **gear icon** on the lower-left side of the dictation button to open the Settings window.  
![settings-click-gear-icon](https://cdn.us.document360.io/03b5534a-5f9a-42ce-852d-08bf09105da4/Images/Documentation/settings-click-gear-icon.png)
2. At the bottom of the Settings window, click the **power icon ![](https://dzf8vqv24eqhg.cloudfront.net/userfiles/2050/3172/ckfinder/images/Documentation/Voice/settings-signout-icon-power.png)**. This will immediatly take you back to the sign in screen.  
![sign-out-click-power-icon](https://cdn.us.document360.io/03b5534a-5f9a-42ce-852d-08bf09105da4/Images/Documentation/sign-out-click-power-icon.png)

## Close

1. **Right-click on the grab icon (six dots) in tail of the border** of the dictation button to open a menu.  
  
![close-right-click-menu](https://cdn.us.document360.io/03b5534a-5f9a-42ce-852d-08bf09105da4/Images/Documentation/close-right-click-menu.png)
2. Select **Close**.

**The Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut shown on this menu does NOT work to shut down nVoq Voice.** 

![close-right-click-menu-close](https://cdn.us.document360.io/03b5534a-5f9a-42ce-852d-08bf09105da4/Images/Documentation/close-right-click-menu-close.png)