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I would like to do this because I have a half installed service because of installation failure which is just there, non-functioning.
How can I delete the Windows service using the command line?
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I would like to do this because I have a half installed service because of installation failure which is just there, non-functioning.
How can I delete the Windows service using the command line?
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NOTE: You'll likely need an elevated command prompt (right click => "Run as Administrator") to execute this command
the sc
command is what you want, specifically sc delete
C:\Users\Jeff>sc delete DESCRIPTION: Deletes a service entry from the registry. If the service is running, or another process has an open handle to the service, the service is simply marked for deletion. USAGE: sc delete [service name]
9If you're in powershell, you'll want to make sure to type sc.exe
because sc in powershell gets you the Set-Content cmdlet which will quietly look like it might have worked. – Andrew – 2015-09-09T16:00:51.470
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We need to stop the service before deleting it from the Registry:
sc stop [Service name]
sc delete [service name]
Run Command prompt as an administrator and execute above commands.
Enclose the service name in double quotes if it contains spaces.
1Just as an fyi, sc stop
might not be finished stopping when sc delete
runs, which can cause problems. It's not a common problem, but some services take a while to wind down. I'm not sure if I've run into this problem at straight commandline, but I definitely have when invoking service removal APIs for a couple a languages. – kayleeFrye_onDeck – 2017-01-21T00:27:48.730
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Simply put quotation marks between any service name that contain spaces C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc delete "Your Ugly Service"
It would have been better to suggest an edit to one of the existing answers to include the helpful information about double-quoting service names with spaces. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2018-05-16T02:33:43.320
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– RBT – 2018-06-21T08:14:32.030