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Answer 1

+2 A:

:qall

This closes all tabs and open buffers.

Vagmi Mudumbai 2009-02-04 06:56:13

Answer 2

+1 A:

That can be done with the following command (in normal or escape mode):

:tabdo :q

"tabdo" apparently executes the command for all the open tabs.

Simucal 2009-02-04 06:57:15

Note, this isn't my answer. I moved this out of the original non-question down to here.

Simucal 2009-02-04 07:00:51

Answer 3

+14 A:

Shortest/simplest/fastest way would be:

:qa

To save work in all tabs and quit:

:wqa

fuentesjr 2009-02-04 06:58:37

Answer 4

+1 A:

Adding to what fuentesjr said:

:qa!

Will force quit all tabs, if you don't care about saving.

Daniel Nadasi 2009-02-04 07:02:58

Answer 5

+8 A:

I often use :tabo to close all other tabs.

CMS 2009-02-04 07:18:51

“close all other tabs” is much faster achieved by “:on” (for “only”, i.e. “the only window to show”). :)

Bombe 2009-02-04 08:01:59

@CMS: This is a nice one!@Bombe: ":on" didn't work for me.

artknish 2009-02-04 08:08:21

@Bombe: for me it didn't work, too. `:on` only closes *windows*, not tabs, at least in my vim 7.3.3.

Boldewyn 2010-09-15 09:35:52

Answer 6

A:

reset button on your pc ;)

test 2010-09-09 11:17:24

Or the Vim command `:!killall -9 vim`. Doesn't have the nasty side-effects.

Boldewyn 2010-09-15 09:37:53

How do I close all open tabs in VIM at once?