<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. --> [Home](./index.md) > [bitburner](./bitburner.md) > [NS](./bitburner.ns.md) > [kill](./bitburner.ns.kill.md) ## NS.kill() method Terminate the script with the provided PID. **Signature:** ```typescript kill(pid: number): boolean; ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | pid | number | The PID of the script to kill. | **Returns:** boolean True if the script is successfully killed, and false otherwise. ## Remarks RAM cost: 0.5 GB Kills the script with the provided PID. To instead kill a script using its filename, hostname, and args, see [the other ns.kill entry](./bitburner.ns.kill_1.md)<!-- -->. ## Example ```js // kills the script with PID 20: ns.kill(20); ```