# Terminal: Quit Automatically

Create a new text file in your home folder named `autoQuitTerminal.scpt`:

```applescript
tell application "Terminal"

# If there is only one tab remaining, and it contains the word "logout" then this is the final window
    if (count of (tabs of (every window whose visible is true))) = 1 then
        try
            set theContents to words of ((contents of tab 1 of window 1) as Unicode text)
            set exitLastTab to (theContents contains "logout")
        on error
            set exitLastTab to false
        end try

if exitLastTab is true then
            quit
        end if

else if (count of (tabs of (every window whose visible is true))) < 1 then

# If no window remains open, then obviously we can quit the app.

# This would occur when the final window is closed without ‘exit’
        quit
    end if
 
end tell
```

Make the file executable by running:

```bash
chmod u+x $HOME/autoQuitTerminal.scpt
```

At the end of the file `~/.bash_profile` add the following paragraph:

```bash
#auto-closing Terminal app on last window
if [ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "Apple_Terminal" ] && [ -x $HOME/autoQuitTerminal.scpt ]; then
  trap '/usr/bin/osascript $HOME/autoQuitTerminal.scpt' EXIT
fi
```

In Terminal, go into Preferences and modify the following settings accordingly:

```
Terminal > Preferences > Shell:
	* “When the shell exits”
		* Close if the shell exited cleanly
	* “Prompt before closing”
		* Only if there are processes other than
```

Quit Terminal.

> If all goes well, and you don't have any other scripts or jobs running in the background, from now on Terminal should quit itself automatically whenever you close the last of its windows.