# Closing a session


After you’re completely done with your work, you can **Close** a session and release the underlying resource back to the host server.

**Note**  
Closing a session can't be undone. All locally saved work will be lost. Closing a session doesn't shut down the underlying host server.

1. Go to the **Sessions** page.

1. Select the session that you want to close.

1. Click the **Actions** button in the session window.

1. Select **Close** from the menu.  
![\[Sessions management interface showing available virtual desktop sessions and action options.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/access-console/images/close-session.png)

1. Select **Close** from the window that appears.