systemctl-exit

Exit user service manager

$ systemctl exit --user

$ systemctl exit [code] --user

$ systemctl exit

systemctl exit [EXITCODE_]

systemctl exit asks the service manager to quit. When used with `--user`, it terminates the per-user systemd instance and all user services. When used without `--user` in a container, it cleanly shuts down the container.
On a regular system without `--user`, this is equivalent to `systemctl poweroff`.

--user

Exit the user service manager

Optional exit code to return (integer)

When exiting the user service manager, all user services are terminated. The exit code is passed to the process that started the service manager. Not typically useful on bare-metal systems outside of containers.

The exit subcommand supports clean shutdown of containerized systemd instances and user service managers, enabling proper service termination instead of forceful kills.

systemctl(1), systemctl-poweroff(1)