---
title: stopModal()
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: appkit/nsapplication/stopmodal()
---

# stopModal()

Stops a modal event loop.

## Declaration

```swift
func stopModal()
```

## Discussion

Discussion This method should always be paired with a previous invocation of runModal(for:) or beginModalSession(for:). When runModal(for:) is stopped with this method, it returns NSModalResponseStop. In macOS 10.9 and later, you can use this method to stop a runModal(for:) loop outside of an event callback, such as from within a method repeatedly invoked by an Timer object or a method running in a different thread.

## See Also

### Running a Modal Window

- [runModal(for:)](appkit/nsapplication/runmodal(for:).md)
- [stopModal(withCode:)](appkit/nsapplication/stopmodal(withcode:).md)
- [abortModal()](appkit/nsapplication/abortmodal().md)
- [beginModalSession(for:)](appkit/nsapplication/beginmodalsession(for:).md)
- [runModalSession(_:)](appkit/nsapplication/runmodalsession(_:).md)
- [modalWindow](appkit/nsapplication/modalwindow.md)
- [NSApplication.ModalResponse](appkit/nsapplication/modalresponse.md)
- [NSApplication.ModalSession](appkit/nsapplication/modalsession.md)