How To Get Out of a Rick Roll
written by John Chow on April 1st, 2008
If you’ve been on the Internet for any length of time, then eventually you will be Rick Rolled. I’ve been Rick Rolled more times than I can remember. As a matter of fact, I Rick Rolled myself when making the Free PPC Secrets post.
The question many people have when they get Rick Rolled is how the hell do you get out of it? To answer that question, I put together this little video to show how to safely get out of a Rick Roll in just a few seconds.
Now that you know how to get out of a Rick Roll, why not test it out? 
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Project: Unroll the Rick Roll!
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- Thanks for telling me this NOW! *=P~
Reply to this commenti like Chinese food, any recommendations!
Reply to this commentCheck his dot com pho’s … in Fine Dining
Reply to this commentI can’t count the number of f’ John Chow pages I saw pop up yesterday. Lots of people got rolled for the first time…
Reply to this commentThere is an easier way, this firefox plugin will make sure you will never get rickrolled again!
Reply to this commentYou do realize that anyone with half a brain won’t click on that link, right?
And… that april fools is over at 12 noon??
Reply to this commentlooks like someone clicked it lol
Reply to this commentEven better - do the Ctrl-W or Apple-Tab, and you can start the “closing” process even faster than waiting for the window to stop moving. Once it stops, use the enter key technique to rip through all the javascript pop-up windows with the prompts.
Reply to this commentyou seem to be enjoying your mac john…
Reply to this commentlooks like you have been converted, have you?
I think that he has… and unfortunately I find myself looking at apple.ca way to much these days…
Reply to this commentfor a second there i thought that this video was gonna be a rick roll joke by itself … that would have been as cool as john cola
, any way a better solution here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
Reply to this commentOMG Rick Rolled
Reply to this commentLol, but u can still do the same thing on windows. ctrl-alt-delete.
But still, another reason to buy a mac.
Reply to this commentctrl-alt-delete wouldn’t work if it was in a tab, and you didn’t want to close all your tabs.
Reply to this commentYou’re still closing all your tabs if you’re doing it john’s way.
Reply to this commentNot if you’re just holding down the enter/return button.
Reply to this commentI would just pull an “Elvis Presley”.
Translation: Elvis Presley would shoot his Television sets if either Robert Goulet or Mel Torme appeared on the screen.
At least getting Rick Rolled isn’t a regular occurance because that could get expensive.
Reply to this comment~Terry
I just hold down the enter key and its done!
Reply to this commentjohn i doubt your mac can handle this link though : http://pimpmycrapblog.blogspot.com/
Reply to this commentRight click and quit worked on that too. Better luck next time.
Reply to this commentright click/mac, i am confused…
Reply to this commentOf course, rather than spend several thousand dollars on a Mac, you can just use a real (and free) browser (*cough* Opera *cough*) and never have these problems.
Reply to this commentOpera has way too many issues, I can’t stand using it.
Reply to this commentHopefully this post will help you gain back some of that readership that you apparently lost since your last post…
Reply to this commentI think the funniest thing about this are the people that got pissed after going to the fake site because of the rick roll.
It goes to show how many people were actually hoping that they could get inside tips just like that *snaps a finger* without having to do that much work. Of course they’re not going to admit this, but it’s painfully obvious.
Not their fault that you fell for it. Hook, line & sinker. Suck it up.
Reply to this commentPainfully obvious, huh? Go shoot yourself, asshole. Expectations were low, but there are free ‘inside tips’ out there, as you call them. It is just that they are not ‘inside’. Secrets are few. Idiot. If you find it funny, you are not worthy of life.
Reply to this commentHey John, is that a picture of your next car on the desktop of the MAC?
Reply to this commentheh maybe … My desktop picture is my future car … sadly you can’t see it :p
Reply to this commentWhen this video popped up I just waited for it to finish, I was laughing to hard to stop it.
Reply to this commentMuch easier to do: Command + Q on the Mac to exit.
Reply to this commentI think the moral of this story is to just stay away from certain sites on April 1st. At least I learned how to get out of a Rick Roll, which I’m sure will come in handy in the future (unfortunately
)!
Reply to this commentIt’s still really annoying.
Reply to this commentYes, buy a mac, just so you don’t get rick rolled
Another tip: throw your PC out the window. Much faster than John shows in his video!!
Reply to this commentI think I posted this tutorial (as text) in the comments of the previous post. Anyways, the trouble with your Mac method, as I understand it, is that it will close the browser, rather than just the tab that the Rick Astley video is in, no?
Reply to this commentthats exactly what I was doing…on a mac isn’t that the same as going to task manager and force killing it?
Reply to this commentVista tip for John:
Control + Alt + Delete
Reply to this commentNow I know what Rick Rolled means.
man, I have just got to get a Mac. Wanna help me?
Reply to this commentIt was frustrating at first, but the second time, it seems cool and fun… dude, you can’t do anything, unless kill your browser session
Reply to this commentHey John , what camera are you using for your videos??
Reply to this commentThat video was made using the Canada SD 870 IS
Reply to this commentthx for the reply , Is this your video camera of choice for all your video blog posts or is this just your latest new toy. If you could choose one camera for all your video blog posts what would it be?
Reply to this commentWow!
Reply to this commentThat is awesome
Hey John, I see that you have a brand new layout, this one is just as good as the previous one.
If you get a chance, I’d love it if you stopped by my blog:
http://hedgeagainstspeculation.com I would be honored if you left a comment.
Best of luck to you.
Reply to this commentA brand new layout? Have you been living under a rock for the past several months?
Reply to this commentWhy would you want to get OUT of a Rick Roll? The video is freakn awesome!!!
Reply to this commentDamn it! I clicked on that link, ugh.
Reply to this commentQuestion - How do you know when your April Fools Joke has backfired?
Answer - When you have to make a new post explaining how to fix the problem caused by the previous post.
Reply to this commentlol lol lol
Reply to this commentQuestion - How do you know when your April Fools Joke worked?
Reply to this commentAnswer - When you can follow up with more related content.
This is only part 2 of the series BTW.
I will be eagerly waiting for Part 3 in my mail
Reply to this commentI just hit [ENTER] then [BACKSPACE] [b]immediately[/b] afterwards.
That gets you out of it with all your tabs intact!
Reply to this commentI was wondering what all the fuss was about.
I use opera and there is no moving pop ups of rick roll, it’s just another page which can be closed without an issue.
Problem solved, use opera.
Reply to this commentHow do we know that video isn’t a Rick Roll?
Reply to this commentthats irritating man
we are fooled again. why 2 fool posts
Reply to this commentThat is NOT a rickroll. Real men do youtube rickrolls. Yours was just lame.
Reply to this commentSo many sad bloggers. Makes me want to cry. Or maybe laugh harder?
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