Force a frozen app

I opened an application that won't do anything. It's frozen and I don't know how to close it. Help?

Try right-clicking (or CTRL-clicking) the app icon in the Dock — you should see a "Force Quit" option. If not, open Activity Monitor (an app in your Applications > Utilities folder), find the app in the list and Force Quit it.
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