Processes
See what's using your CPU or memory and end, force quit or restart one process after a confirmation. In Spotlight or by voice.
Overview
Processes lists what's running on your computer and ends or restarts the process you choose, always after asking. See the Processes page for an overview.
Requirements
Processes stays off until you turn it on. There's no system permission prompt.
| System | Supported |
|---|---|
| macOS | Yes |
| Windows | Yes |
| Linux (Wayland) | Yes |
| Linux (X11) | Yes |
| Permission | What it's for |
|---|---|
| See and End Processes | See running processes and end one you choose. |
| Use a Global Hotkey | Listens for its own shortcut while you work in other apps. |
| Add Tools to Command Mode | Lets you use it by voice in Command mode. |
Turn it on
Open in Glaido: Processes. Opens this extension's setup in the Glaido desktop app.
Or open Extensions in the Glaido sidebar, choose Processes, and turn it on.
Use it
Type kill in Spotlight to open the list. Type to filter by name. The menu at the top right sorts by CPU (the default) or memory.
- Enter asks at the bottom of the window, for example "Kill Slack?". Enter again ends it; Escape goes back to the list.
- Force quit and Restart are in the actions menu, each with its own question. Restart ends the process and starts it again.
- Copy path and Refresh are in the same menu.
Ending a process closes all of that app's windows.
| Command | Say | Default shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Kill Process: Opens the process list in Spotlight. Enter asks to end the highlighted process, Enter again ends it. | Set your own | |
| List Processes: Opens the list sorted by CPU or memory, with your search filled in. | "What's using my CPU?", "Show me processes using memory", "List WhatsApp processes" | By voice or Spotlight |
| Kill Process: Ends, force quits or restarts one process by name after you allow it. If several share the name, Glaido opens the list so you can pick. | "Kill WhatsApp", "Force quit Notes", "Restart WhatsApp" | By voice or Spotlight |
Voice commands
Hold your Commands hotkey and say:
- "What's using my CPU?"
- "Kill WhatsApp"
- "Restart WhatsApp"
When you ask to end or restart something, the command window asks first, with Allow once and Deny. There's no "always allow". If several processes share the name, Glaido opens the list so you can pick one.
From a terminal or an agent
Processes adds no server of its own. With the command line on, AI agents reach its commands through glaido mcp. A command from the terminal or an agent runs without the question in Glaido, so your agent's own approval is the check. See Extensions.
Privacy
The list is read when you open it and isn't stored. Asking what's using your CPU opens the list on your screen; the list isn't sent to the AI model.
Troubleshooting
- "This account can't end that process." The process belongs to another user or the system. End it from Activity Monitor or Task Manager with the right account.
- A process isn't ended. Glaido never ends itself or the system's core processes, such as the kernel, the login and window servers, and init. It also checks the process again right before acting, and does nothing if it has already quit or changed.
- "WhatsApp" doesn't end "WhatsApp Helper". Names have to match exactly. Open the list and pick the row.