Identify the Session to be Killed SET LINESIZE 100 COLUMN spid FORMAT A10 COLUMN username FORMAT A10 COLUMN program FORMAT A45 SELECT s.inst_id, s.sid, s.serial#, p.spid, s.username, s.program FROM gv$session s JOIN gv$process p ON p.addr = s.paddr AND p.inst_id = s.inst_id WHERE s.type != 'BACKGROUND'; ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION SQL> ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION 'sid,serial#'; SQL> ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION 'sid,serial#' IMMEDIATE;