How to stop running Xcode

Question

Does anyone know how to force Xcode to stop running. I updated to 6.2 but now its not working correctly. I need to quit Xcode to either finish the update or uninstall and reinstall. Quite Xcode from the menu isn't available. Can't drag it to the trash because it says it is still running. Command Q doesn't stop it either. Sorry, new to Mac and advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

you can also do killall XCode

It removes all Xcode processes.

Answer 2

You can quit any process with Xcode in its name from command line.

kill $(ps aux | grep 'Xcode' | awk '{print $2}')

Answer 3

Click the Apple logo in the top left and then "Force Quit", or alternatively command+option+escape. You should be able to close the application from here.