# Close app programmatically

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/close-app-programmatically/86438>\
**Category:** Zoom Apps\
**Created:** [April 11, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/close-app-programmatically/86438 "2023-04-11T04:12:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![so-young](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/so-young/32/36768_2.png) [@so-young](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/so-young)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/close-app-programmatically/86438/1 "2023-04-11T04:12:37Z")

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Hi, is it possible to close the app (in the side panel) in Zoom meeting programmatically? We want to provide a CTA for the user which they can click on to close the app in order to reopen it as a workaround to handle the errors thrown by the layer apis.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/close-app-programmatically/86438/2 "2023-05-03T20:22:20Z")

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Hi @so-young  
Thanks for reaching out to us!  
Here’s a link that might be helpful for what you are trying to accomplish:  
[https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/guides/layers-using-api/#closing-the-rendering-context](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/guides/layers-using-api/#closing-the-rendering-context)

Hope this helps,  
Elisa