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title: shutdown
slug: /reference/python/agents/mcp-gateway/mcp-manager/shutdown
description: Stop all active MCP clients.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[create-client]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/mcp-gateway/mcp-manager/create-client

[mcpgateway-shutdown]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/mcp-gateway/mcp-gateway/shutdown

Stop all active MCP clients that were created via
[`create_client()`][create-client].
Each client's subprocess is terminated and its sandbox directory cleaned up.
Called automatically during
[`MCPGateway.shutdown()`][mcpgateway-shutdown].

## **Parameters**

None.

## **Returns**

`None`

## **Example**

```python {11}
from signalwire.mcp_gateway import MCPManager

config = {
    "services": {
        "todo": {"command": ["python3", "todo_mcp.py"], "description": "Todo list", "enabled": True}
    }
}

manager = MCPManager(config)
client = manager.create_client("todo")
manager.shutdown()
```