UKismetSystemLibrary::QuitGame

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/KismetSystemLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Exits the running game, either terminating the process or backgrounding the application depending on QuitPreference. This is the standard node behind a main menu's 'Quit' button.

Caveats & Gotchas

• On many console platforms, quitting a game entirely is against platform certification requirements — QuitPreference::Background is used there instead, and bIgnorePlatformRestrictions is stripped out of shipping builds so it can't be abused to bypass that.
• In the editor (PIE), this stops the play session rather than closing the editor process itself.
• This does not fire EndPlay with EEndPlayReason::Quit synchronously before returning — cleanup happens as part of the normal shutdown sequence, so don't assume state is already torn down immediately after the call.

Signature

static void QuitGame(const UObject* WorldContextObject, class APlayerController* SpecificPlayer, TEnumAsByte<EQuitPreference::Type> QuitPreference, bool bIgnorePlatformRestrictions);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	World context used to resolve the target player if none is specified.	—
SpecificPlayer	class APlayerController*	The player requesting the quit. If null, player 0 is used.	—
QuitPreference	TEnumAsByte<EQuitPreference::Type>	Whether to fully exit the application or just background it.	—
bIgnorePlatformRestrictions	bool	Ignores platform best-practices that normally prevent quitting (e.g. some consoles never allow it). Non-shipping builds only.	—

Return Type

void

Example

Quit from a menu button C++

UKismetSystemLibrary::QuitGame(this, PlayerController, EQuitPreference::Quit, false);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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