# shutdown

Close the previously established connection to the MetaTrader 5 terminal.

```
shutdown()

```

Return Value

None.

Example:

```
import MetaTrader5 as mt5
# display data on the MetaTrader 5 package
print("MetaTrader5 package author: ",mt5.__author__)
print("MetaTrader5 package version: ",mt5.__version__)
 
# establish connection to the MetaTrader 5 terminal
if not mt5.initialize():
    print("initialize() failed")
    quit()
 
# display data on connection status, server name and trading account
print(mt5.terminal_info())
# display data on MetaTrader 5 version
print(mt5.version())
 
# shut down connection to the MetaTrader 5 terminal
mt5.shutdown()

```

See also

[initialize](/en/docs/python_metatrader5/mt5initialize_py), [login_py](/en/docs/python_metatrader5/mt5login_py), [terminal_info](/en/docs/python_metatrader5/mt5terminalinfo_py), [version](/en/docs/python_metatrader5/mt5version_py)