How to save and exit Vim editor

Learn, how to save your changes and exit the vim editor.

Saving and exit

To save the changes and exit the vim, press the Esc key then type :wq command.

Where w means write to the file and q is quit.

Exit without saving

To exit the vim without saving the changes, press the Esc key then type :q! command.

Saving the file

To save the file without exiting the vim, press the Esc key then type :w command.