Close windows straight from Mission Control.
MissionClose adds the buttons Mission Control is missing. Swipe up, hover a window, click ✕. No more opening a window just to close it.
Try it here
Everything you'd expect. Right where you look.
Mission Control shows every window but won't let you touch them. MissionClose fixes that, and stays out of the way the rest of the time.
Real traffic lights
Close, minimize or go full screen from the thumbnail, in Mission Control and App Exposé alike. The buttons behave exactly like the ones on the window.
Keyboard, too
Hover a window and press ⌘W to close it, ⌘Q to quit its app, ⌘M to minimize, or ⌘⌥W to close the app's other windows.
Quit, on purpose
Hold ⌥ and ✕ becomes ⏻ to quit the whole app. Turn on confirmation and it takes a second click.
Never mid-swipe
Buttons appear only once Mission Control has settled and your fingers are off the trackpad. No flicker, no stray clicks.
Make it yours
Pick the corner, the size, and whether buttons show on hover or on every window. All from the menu bar.
Tiny and private
A menu bar app that launches at login, uses almost no CPU, and only goes online to check for updates, when you ask it to. MIT licensed.
Up and running in a minute.
No account, no setup wizard.
Download
Unzip and drag MissionClose to your Applications folder, then open it. Homebrew users: brew trust --tap beqaabu/tap brew install --cask beqaabu/tap/missionclose
Allow Accessibility
macOS asks once. MissionClose needs it to see Mission Control's thumbnails and press a window's buttons.
Swipe up
Open Mission Control your usual way: a three-finger swipe, F3, ⌃↑ or a hot corner. Hover a window. App Exposé (⌃↓) works too.
Questions
Why does it need Accessibility access?
macOS has no public API for Mission Control. MissionClose reads the thumbnails' positions through the accessibility interface, catches clicks on its buttons before Mission Control does, and presses the real window's close, minimize or full-screen button. It doesn't read window contents, log keystrokes, or connect to the internet.
macOS says it can't verify the developer.
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway. You only need to do this once.
Which versions of macOS are supported?
macOS 13 Ventura and later, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
What's the difference between ✕ and ⏻?
✕ closes that one window, like its red button. Hold ⌥ and it turns into ⏻, which quits the whole app, including its other windows. Apps with unsaved changes still ask before quitting.
Is it really free?
Yes. It's open source under the MIT license. The code is on GitHub, and issues and pull requests are welcome.