## async method: Playwright.stop
* langs: python

Terminates this instance of Playwright in case it was created bypassing the Python context manager. This is useful in REPL applications.

```py
>>> from playwright import sync_playwright

>>> playwright = sync_playwright().start()

>>> browser = playwright.chromium.launch()
>>> page = browser.newPage()
>>> page.goto("http://whatsmyuseragent.org/")
>>> page.screenshot(path="example.png")
>>> browser.close()

>>> playwright.stop()
```