How can I delete a service in Windows

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I have a couple old services that I want to completely uninstall  How can I do this

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sc delete name

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We can do it in two different ways Remove Windows Service via Registry Its very easy to remove a service from registry if you know the right path  Here is how I did that   Run Regedit or Regedt32  Go to the registry entry  quot HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services quot   Look for the service that you want delete and delete it  You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well  if necessary     Delete Windows Service via Command Window Alternatively  you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command  sc delete  You can also create service by using following command sc create  quot MorganTechService quot  binpath   quot C  Program Files MorganTechSPace myservice exe quot  Note  You may have to reboot the system to get the list updated in service manager

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Click Start   Run and type regedit in the Open  line  Click OK   Navigate to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services  Scroll down the left pane  locate the service name  right click it and select Delete   Reboot the system

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Use the SC command  like this  you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post    SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename     Note  You need to run the command prompt as an administrator  not just logged in as the administrator  but also with administrative rights  If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and or delete the service  run the command prompt as an administrator  You can do this by searching for the command prompt on your start menu and then right-clicking and selecting  Run as administrator   Note to PowerShell users  sc is aliased to set-content  So sc delete service will actually create a file called delete with the content service  To do this in Powershell  use sc exe delete service instead    If you need to find the short service name of a service  use the following command to generate a text file containing a list of services and their statuses   SC QUERY state  all  gt  C  Service List txt    For a more concise list  execute this command   SC QUERY state  all   FIND   NAME    The short service name will be listed just above the display name  like this   SERVICE NAME  MyService DISPLAY NAME  My Special Service   And thus to delete that service   SC STOP MyService SC DELETE MyService

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Use the SC command  like this  you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post    SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename     Note  You need to run the command prompt as an administrator  not just logged in as the administrator  but also with administrative rights  If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and or delete the service  run the command prompt as an administrator  You can do this by searching for the command prompt on your start menu and then right-clicking and selecting  Run as administrator   Note to PowerShell users  sc is aliased to set-content  So sc delete service will actually create a file called delete with the content service  To do this in Powershell  use sc exe delete service instead    If you need to find the short service name of a service  use the following command to generate a text file containing a list of services and their statuses   SC QUERY state  all  gt  C  Service List txt    For a more concise list  execute this command   SC QUERY state  all   FIND   NAME    The short service name will be listed just above the display name  like this   SERVICE NAME  MyService DISPLAY NAME  My Special Service   And thus to delete that service   SC STOP MyService SC DELETE MyService

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SC DELETE  service name    Run the command on cmd as Administrator otherwise you will get this error  -      openservice failed 5 access is denied

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sc delete name

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If you have Windows Vista or above please run this from a command prompt as Administrator   sc delete  your service name as shown in service msc e g moneytransfer    For example  sc delete moneytransfer  Delete the folder C  Program Files BBRTL moneytransfer   Find moneytransfer registry keys and delete them    HKEY CLASSES ROOT Installer Products   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services EventLog   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet002 Services   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet002 Services EventLog   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Classes Installer Assemblies   remove  exe references   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Installer Folders   These steps have been tested on Windows XP  Windows 7  Windows Vista  Windows Server 2003  and Windows Server 2008

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Click Start   Run and type regedit in the Open  line  Click OK   Navigate to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services  Scroll down the left pane  locate the service name  right click it and select Delete   Reboot the system

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SC DELETE  service name    Run the command on cmd as Administrator otherwise you will get this error  -      openservice failed 5 access is denied

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Before removing the service you should review the dependencies   You can check it   Open services msc and find the service name  switch to the  Dependencies  tab   Source  http   www sysadmit com 2016 03 windows-eliminar-un-servicio html

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Click Start   Run and type regedit in the Open  line  Click OK   Navigate to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services  Scroll down the left pane  locate the service name  right click it and select Delete   Reboot the system

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Before removing the service you should review the dependencies   You can check it   Open services msc and find the service name  switch to the  Dependencies  tab   Source  http   www sysadmit com 2016 03 windows-eliminar-un-servicio html

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sc delete name

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If they are  NET created services you can use the installutil exe with the  u switch its in the  net framework folder like C  Windows Microsoft NET Framework64 v2 0 50727

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If they are  NET created services you can use the installutil exe with the  u switch its in the  net framework folder like C  Windows Microsoft NET Framework64 v2 0 50727

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You can use my small service list editor utility Service Manager    You can choose any service   Modify   Delete  Method works immediately  no reboot required   Executable file   Download   Source code   Download   Blog post   BlogLink   Service editor class  WinServiceUtils cs

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If they are  NET created services you can use the installutil exe with the  u switch its in the  net framework folder like C  Windows Microsoft NET Framework64 v2 0 50727

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Here is a vbs script that was passed down to me   Set servicelist   GetObject  winmgmts    InstancesOf   Win32 Service    for each service in servicelist     sname   lcase service name      If sname    NameOfMyService  Then          msgbox sname          service delete   the internal name of your service     end if next

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If they are  NET created services you can use the installutil exe with the  u switch its in the  net framework folder like C  Windows Microsoft NET Framework64 v2 0 50727

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Use the SC command  like this  you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post    SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename     Note  You need to run the command prompt as an administrator  not just logged in as the administrator  but also with administrative rights  If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and or delete the service  run the command prompt as an administrator  You can do this by searching for the command prompt on your start menu and then right-clicking and selecting  Run as administrator   Note to PowerShell users  sc is aliased to set-content  So sc delete service will actually create a file called delete with the content service  To do this in Powershell  use sc exe delete service instead    If you need to find the short service name of a service  use the following command to generate a text file containing a list of services and their statuses   SC QUERY state  all  gt  C  Service List txt    For a more concise list  execute this command   SC QUERY state  all   FIND   NAME    The short service name will be listed just above the display name  like this   SERVICE NAME  MyService DISPLAY NAME  My Special Service   And thus to delete that service   SC STOP MyService SC DELETE MyService

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As described above I executed   sc delete ServiceName   However this didn t work as I was executing it from PowerShell   When using PowerShell you must specify the full path to sc exe because PowerShell has a default alias for sc assigning it to Set-Content  Since it s a valid command it doesn t actually show an error message   To resolve this I executed it as follows   C  Windows System32 sc exe delete ServiceName

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Use the SC command  like this  you need to be on a command prompt to execute the commands in this post    SC STOP shortservicename SC DELETE shortservicename     Note  You need to run the command prompt as an administrator  not just logged in as the administrator  but also with administrative rights  If you get errors above about not having the necessary access rights to stop and or delete the service  run the command prompt as an administrator  You can do this by searching for the command prompt on your start menu and then right-clicking and selecting  Run as administrator   Note to PowerShell users  sc is aliased to set-content  So sc delete service will actually create a file called delete with the content service  To do this in Powershell  use sc exe delete service instead    If you need to find the short service name of a service  use the following command to generate a text file containing a list of services and their statuses   SC QUERY state  all  gt  C  Service List txt    For a more concise list  execute this command   SC QUERY state  all   FIND   NAME    The short service name will be listed just above the display name  like this   SERVICE NAME  MyService DISPLAY NAME  My Special Service   And thus to delete that service   SC STOP MyService SC DELETE MyService

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You can use my small service list editor utility Service Manager    You can choose any service   Modify   Delete  Method works immediately  no reboot required   Executable file   Download   Source code   Download   Blog post   BlogLink   Service editor class  WinServiceUtils cs

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For me my service that I created had to be uninstalled in Control Panel   Programs and Features

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For me my service that I created had to be uninstalled in Control Panel   Programs and Features

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Here is a vbs script that was passed down to me   Set servicelist   GetObject  winmgmts    InstancesOf   Win32 Service    for each service in servicelist     sname   lcase service name      If sname    NameOfMyService  Then          msgbox sname          service delete   the internal name of your service     end if next

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Here is a vbs script that was passed down to me   Set servicelist   GetObject  winmgmts    InstancesOf   Win32 Service    for each service in servicelist     sname   lcase service name      If sname    NameOfMyService  Then          msgbox sname          service delete   the internal name of your service     end if next

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Use services msc or  Start   Control Panel   Administrative Tools   Services  to find the service in question  Double-click to see the service name and the path to the executable   Check the exe version information for a clue as to the owner of the service  and use Add Remove programs to do a clean uninstall if possible   Failing that  from the command prompt   sc stop servicexyz sc delete servicexyz   No restart should be required

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Click Start   Run and type regedit in the Open  line  Click OK   Navigate to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services  Scroll down the left pane  locate the service name  right click it and select Delete   Reboot the system

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If you have Windows Vista or above please run this from a command prompt as Administrator   sc delete  your service name as shown in service msc e g moneytransfer    For example  sc delete moneytransfer  Delete the folder C  Program Files BBRTL moneytransfer   Find moneytransfer registry keys and delete them    HKEY CLASSES ROOT Installer Products   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Uninstall   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services EventLog   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet002 Services   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE System CurrentControlSet002 Services EventLog   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Classes Installer Assemblies   remove  exe references   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Installer Folders   These steps have been tested on Windows XP  Windows 7  Windows Vista  Windows Server 2003  and Windows Server 2008

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Use services msc or  Start   Control Panel   Administrative Tools   Services  to find the service in question  Double-click to see the service name and the path to the executable   Check the exe version information for a clue as to the owner of the service  and use Add Remove programs to do a clean uninstall if possible   Failing that  from the command prompt   sc stop servicexyz sc delete servicexyz   No restart should be required

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Use services msc or  Start   Control Panel   Administrative Tools   Services  to find the service in question  Double-click to see the service name and the path to the executable   Check the exe version information for a clue as to the owner of the service  and use Add Remove programs to do a clean uninstall if possible   Failing that  from the command prompt   sc stop servicexyz sc delete servicexyz   No restart should be required

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We can do it in two different ways Remove Windows Service via Registry Its very easy to remove a service from registry if you know the right path  Here is how I did that   Run Regedit or Regedt32  Go to the registry entry  quot HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services quot   Look for the service that you want delete and delete it  You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well  if necessary     Delete Windows Service via Command Window Alternatively  you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command  sc delete  You can also create service by using following command sc create  quot MorganTechService quot  binpath   quot C  Program Files MorganTechSPace myservice exe quot  Note  You may have to reboot the system to get the list updated in service manager

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As described above I executed   sc delete ServiceName   However this didn t work as I was executing it from PowerShell   When using PowerShell you must specify the full path to sc exe because PowerShell has a default alias for sc assigning it to Set-Content  Since it s a valid command it doesn t actually show an error message   To resolve this I executed it as follows   C  Windows System32 sc exe delete ServiceName

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Here is a vbs script that was passed down to me   Set servicelist   GetObject  winmgmts    InstancesOf   Win32 Service    for each service in servicelist     sname   lcase service name      If sname    NameOfMyService  Then          msgbox sname          service delete   the internal name of your service     end if next

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sc delete name

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Use services msc or  Start   Control Panel   Administrative Tools   Services  to find the service in question  Double-click to see the service name and the path to the executable   Check the exe version information for a clue as to the owner of the service  and use Add Remove programs to do a clean uninstall if possible   Failing that  from the command prompt   sc stop servicexyz sc delete servicexyz   No restart should be required

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