To detach from a tmux session, press Ctrl+b
followed by d
.
Detaching from a tmux session allows you to leave your session running in the background. This is one of tmux's most powerful features - you can disconnect from your terminal and reconnect later with all your windows and applications still running exactly as you left them.
Ctrl+b d
- Standard detach commandCtrl+b D
- Choose which client to detach (if multiple are connected)tmux detach
tmux attach
or tmux a
- Attaches to the most recently used sessiontmux attach -t session-name
- Attach to specific session Use tmux ls
to list all active sessions before reattaching.