Disable IPython Exit Confirmation

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It's really irritating that every time I type exit(), I get prompted with a confirmation to exit; of course I want to exit! Otherwise, I would not have written exit()!!!

Is there a way to override IPython's default behaviour to make it exit without a prompt?

If you want to upgrade to IPython 0.11, `exit` doesn't ask for confirmation. (Ctrl-d still does prompt, in case you hit it accidentally) — Thomas K, Sep 16 '11 at 21:15

score 143 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 17 '17 at 03:35

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If you also want Ctrl-D to exit without confirmation, in IPython 0.11, add c.TerminalInteractiveShell.confirm_exit = False to your config file *.

If you don't have a config file yet, run ipython profile create to create one.

Note this ticket if you're working within the Django shell.

* The config file is located at: $HOME/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py

edited Jul 17 '17 at 03:35

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answered Nov 05 '11 at 13:05

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The config is located at `$IPYTHONDIR/profile_default/ipython_config.py` for people who have set this environment variable – smac89 Dec 12 '20 at 20:53

score 47 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 11 '14 at 10:35

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In ipython version 0.11 or higher,

Run with --no-confirm-exit OR
Exit via 'exit' instead of control-D OR
Make sure the directory exists (or run ipython profile create to create it) and add these lines to $HOME/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py:
```
c = get_config()

c.TerminalInteractiveShell.confirm_exit = False
```

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answered Mar 01 '13 at 22:16

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`~/.config/ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py` is preferred in Linux to match freedesktop.org. Works on 1.2.1. – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Jul 08 '16 at 11:05
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@CiroSantilli烏坎事件2016六四事件法轮功, with 3.2.1 it isn't - this version even prints `usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/utils/path.py:291: UserWarning: Ignoring ~/.config/ipython in favour of ~/.ipython.` and in the code `We have decided to go back to using .ipython everywhere`. Apparently they changed it in some 1.x version. – maxschlepzig Jan 20 '17 at 23:21
re 1. `alias ipython="ipython --no-confirm-exit --no-banner"` has become my preferred way to launch ipython – jwalton Sep 03 '20 at 11:41

score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 25 '16 at 22:17

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just type Exit, with capital E.

Alternatively, start IPython with:

$ ipython -noconfirm_exit

Or for newer versions of IPython:

$ ipython --no-confirm-exit

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answered Sep 15 '11 at 22:23

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@Brendan, as to making it permanent, you can also set it up in your `ipythonrc` profile: `confirm_exit 0` – nye17 Sep 15 '11 at 22:34
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Nice, set that with an alias and job done. No messing about creating profiles or changing config. – Tom Busby Mar 12 '15 at 10:58

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '14 at 20:39

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I like the config suggestions, but until I learned them I've started using "Quit" key combination.

Ctrl+\

or

Ctrl+4

This just kills what is running. No time to ask questions on confirmation.

answered Jun 28 '14 at 20:39

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this is not a good practice, this make kernel send `SIGQUIT` to ipython, left no chance for ipython process to clean up itself. – georgexsh Aug 08 '16 at 06:47
e.g. it breaks `sudo` on my machine by changing `stty`'s output – darw Apr 16 '22 at 17:55

Disable IPython Exit Confirmation

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