Cancel a bake that freezes UI with black box percentage counter Sometimes, when you bake, you see a small black box that counts up to 100 showing the progress of the bake.  For example, while baking a cloth simulation.



Is it possible to cancel the bake?
Just press the Esc key on the keyboard to cancel the bake.

Some bakes have a progress bar in the 'Info' header, these can be cancelled by pressing the small X next to the progress bar or by pressing Esc.