Exit VIM/VI Without Saving. Quit VIM/VI Without Saving

I am a fresh to the vi / vim text editor user. Can I quit the vi / vim text editor without saving my changes to a file under Linux -Unix OS Systems?

vi or vim is a text based editor. You can use it to change text files.. Write programs in Perl, Python, C, bash etc. To exit or quite the vim/vi text editor without saving any changes press:
:q! ENTER

In more detail:

A-First, you need to press Esc key to get out of insert or append mode.

B-Next type colon (: symbol)

C-You see the cursor at the lower left corner of the screen.

Finally, type the following command to quit without saving anything to a file: q!

This will force vi/vim to quit the editor,Every change will be lost forever.

Getting more info on how to use vim text editor

Need more info? Just use the command:

$ vimtutor