Kill Sessions in tmux

From the tmux cheat sheet · Sessions · verified Aug 2026

Kill Sessions

Stop one session or every session except one.

bash
tmux kill-session -t backend
⚠️ Killing a session stops programs inside it
📌 -a kills all sessions except the target
🔍 kill-server removes every tmux session
🎯 Confirm targets before destructive commands
killsessionscleanup

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