How to remove a service in Windows 11

Background services in Windows refer to programs or processes that run in the background without any direct user interaction. They perform various tasks to support the functioning of the operating system and installed applications. These services typically start automatically when Windows boots up. Sometimes you may in situation when you might want to remove a specified service in Windows. In this video, we’ll see how to delete services in Windows 11/10.

There may be anonymous reasons why you want to delete a specified service. For some users some services may be consuming the system resources heavily. They might be putting an extra burden on the system. Due to this, the resources you would actually like to use on the system may got exhaust. To deal out this situation, the administrator may take a decision to remove the specified service, causing this problem. For this case, you can take the help of either of the methods mentioned below.

How to remove a service in Windows 11/10

Method 1: Using Command Prompt

Open Command Prompt with Administrator privileges. You can search for command prompt on your system.

And from the search results, select Command Prompt. Make sure to choose Run as administrator.

In the administrative Command Prompt, paste this command and press the Enter key:

sc queryex type=service state=all

Then execute this command:

sc delete <service-name>

Once the command has been executed successfully, you will find at the specified service has been removed from your system.

Method 2: Using Terminal

Press Windows + X keys, select Terminal (Admin).

Type following command and press Enter:

Get-Service

This will list all services on your system.

To delete a specified service, type following command and press Enter:

Remove-Service -name "<Service name>"

Method 3: Using Registry Editor

Open Registry Editor using regedit command.

Go to following registry location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Expand Services registry key.

Now each registry sub-key corresponds to a service.

You can identify the registry key for a service using its DisplayName value in right pane.

Once you identify correct service, you can right click on service registry sub-key and select Delete. Click Yes, in the confirmation prompt.

Once done, you can close Registry Editor and reboot to make changes effective.

Video guide

You can checkout this video guide for further assistance:

That’s it!