log out

verb

variants or log off

logged out or logged off; logging out or logging off; logs out or logs off

intransitive verb

: to terminate a connection with a computer or system

Suddenly my cursor was able to bring down the missing icons; I was able to log in and log out; and everything was copacetic.

—Christine White

"Atomic Clock" places a call, logs on to the reference clock's modem, obtains the time, logs off and sets your computer's clock.

—The Houston Chronicle

Examples of log out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The person then either logs out or proceeds to discuss entirely different topics with the AI. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

That day, however, he was logged out and couldn’t use my login credentials to watch Netflix. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026

Patrick Luce, the district’s chief information security officer, said in a Thursday message to employees that students and faculty had begun seeing screens in Canvas claiming the attackers had stolen LACCD data, and instructed anyone logged in to log out immediately. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026

Traynere also closed the browser believing she would be logged out of Ogalla’s email, contacted the IT Department and County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, which is inconsistent of criminal conduct, Haney argued. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for log out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

log out

verb

variants or log off

: to terminate a connection with a computer or system