How to ALT+F4 Ragequit in CS:GO

Bad and mad? Ran into a Hacker? Got a matched with a toxic team? Missed that last clutch AWP noscope that would have been an ace? Ask your doctor if ALT+F4 is right for you.

CSGO disables ALT+F4 functionality, and refuses to close the window when you want to most. This is a guide on how to re-enable ALT+F4 rage-quitting behavior via the autoexec script.

This guide is unlisted: it doesn't work anymore

In fact, it's been so long that "CS:GO" literally doesn't exist anymore.
I'm keeping the guide unlisted but still available for posterity.

As a work-around, try hitting the power button on your PC.

Best of luck, folks.

Foreword

Lots of applications seem to be (annoyingly) ignoring the windows event messages generated by the ALT+F4 key combination. A long time ago I wrote a C++ program that would detect the ALT+F4 key combo and try it's best to nuke the foreground window in a variety of interesting ways. Though this is great for my personal case, it's not optimal for the average CSGO player.

So instead; here's a guide on how to make ALT+F4 quit out of CSGO.

Making autoexec Auto Execute

If you already have an autoexec script, skip this step.

• Rightclick CSGO in your steam library
  
  
• Go to "Properties -> General -> Set Launch Options"
  
  
• Add "-exec autoexec.cfg" to the text field
  
  
• Go to "Local Files -> Browse Local Files"
  
  
• Navigate to the "...\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg\" folder
  
  
• Create a text file named "autoexec.cfg" and open it in a text editor.

If You're Boring

bind "end" "disconnect;quit"

You can leave now. Just load up a game and hit the end key.

For those who want something a bit cooler, or if you're like me and you've trained endlessly to perfect your Alt+F4 muscle memory and don't want it to go to waste: keep reading!

Making Your Own ALT+F4

In the autoexec.cfg file, we're going to make some aliases and then bind a toggling alias to the ALT key. Pressing the ALT key will bind the F4 key to a series of commands that will quit the game. Releasing the ALT key will unbind the F4 key, so that it does nothing unless you have the ALT key held down.

// Alt+F4
	alias "altf4_script" "disconnect;quit"
	alias "+altf4" "bind F4 altf4_script"
	alias "-altf4" "unbind F4"
	bind "alt" "+altf4"

This guide assumes you don't have the ALT or the F4 keys bound to anything. If you do, it may complicate things if you try to retain the original functionality. You can always retain the F4 key by changing the "-altf4" alias to rebind to whatever it originally was (type "bind f4" in the console to see what it's currently bound to). However, if you use your ALT key for something; you're out of luck as there's no native support for "modifier key detection" in the CSGO scripting commands - hence the need for this workaround.

Additional Ragequitting Functionality

In addition to this; you can let the world know how that it wasn't just a random disconnect and yell your capslock rage straight into the chatbox by adding a "say" command alias to the list of ALT+F4 commands, just like this:

// Alt+F4
	alias "altf4_quitmsg" "say I QUIT!!! ALT+F4!!!"
	alias "altf4_script" "altf4_quitmsg;disconnect;quit"
	alias "+altf4" "bind F4 altf4_script"
	alias "-altf4" "unbind F4"
	bind "alt" "+altf4"

Though, I haven't tested if the message actually has time to be sent before your client disconnects, partly because I'm lazy and partly because I have no friends to test with.

In a similar vein of completely untested functionality; you could also add an "altf4_dropguns" alias that executes "slot1;drop;slot2;drop" to drop your primary and secondary weapons when you ALT+F4. However, this alias only seems to work when you have one of the weapons selected instead of the knife, and I doubt the client will have time to drop the weapons before it disconnects and quits.

Take these bonus ideas with a grain of salt, as they're completely untested.

Glad I Could Help

Now you can leave in the heat of the moment after I running-jump-one-tap-deagle-headshot you through a wall.

Enjoy your desktop, loser.

[TommyOhneGeld]

I Love U

[furry patrick bateman]

too advanced. im a lil 7 year old baby. my mamma made my steam for me i can't do all that. im a little tiny dude not a software engineer. waaah. i want native solution no vac ban plz :-(

[Honshitsu]

@ONE KILOGRAM OF CITRIC ACID ; that's a devastating threat... pls don cri :(

Unfortunately, I don't play CS anymore and I don't know how you could do this natively within the engine. But, you could write a program to force-close applications when you press alt+f4; it would work for CS and any other games.

Pick a programming language and then...

1) figure out how to detect or hook global hot key events (specifically with modifier keys combos, so you can detect alt + f4)

2) figure out how to forcefully close the foreground window

3) write a program/script that does that :P

4 optional improvement) write in safeguards to protect yourself from accidentally nuking the desktop (explorer.exe) and other things.

1~3 Should be easy enough in python, even for a complete beginner. chatGPT could probably help. Good luck :D

[furry patrick bateman]

fix it!!! fix it or i'll cry.

[Cherrynobyl]

What's CS:GO?

[professional bass fisher]

works for me

[Honshitsu]

I've updated the guide to explicitly state that it doesn't work anymore. I plan to keep the guide available but unlisted for posterity and because I think it's funny. <3

[Honshitsu]

@TR-8R
1) This guide is unlisted for that reason

2) It's been so long that CS:GO literally doesn't exist anymore

[TR-8R]

not working

[Groza]

does not seem to work anymore