Windows 10: Delete a Service in Windows

How to: Delete a Service in Windows

How to Delete a Service in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10


A service is an application type that runs in the system background without a user interface and is similar to a UNIX daemon process. Services provide core operating system features, such as Web serving, event logging, file serving, printing, cryptography, and error reporting.

Sometimes you may need to delete a service. For example, when installed software doesn't uninstall properly, and leaves its service in the Services list.

This tutorial will show you how to delete a service in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to delete a service.

*Warning It is not recommended to delete any default Windows services. Doing so could make Windows very unstable.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Delete a Service using Command Prompt
• Option Two: To Delete a Service using Registry Editor

OPTION ONE [/i] To Delete a Service using Command Prompt
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type services.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Services.

2. Right click or press and hold on the service (ex: "My Example Service") you want to delete, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)



3. Make note of the Service name (ex: "Example Service") for this service, and close Services. (see screenshot below)



4. Open an elevated command prompt.

5. Type the command below into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow sc delete "Service Name"

*note Substitute Service Name in the command above with the actual service name (ex: "Example Service") from step 3 above.

For example: sc delete "Example Service"




6. When finished, you can close the elevated command prompt.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Delete a Service using Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type services.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Services.

2. Right click or press and hold on the service (ex: "My Example Service") you want to delete, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)



3. Make note of the Service name (ex: "Example Service") for this service, and close Services. (see screenshot below)



4. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

5. Navigate to the registry key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 6)
*Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
6. Under the Services key, right click or press and hold on the service name (ex: "Example Service") from step 3 above, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below)



7. Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)



8. When finished, close Registry Editor.

9. Restart the computer to apply.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Start, Stop, Restart, Enable, and Disable Services in Windows 10
• How to Restore Default Services in Windows 10
• How to Export List of Running and Stopped Services in Windows

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When you say Windows Mail Live are you referring to Mail app or Windows Live Mail?

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Open Windows Live Mail.
• Press Ctrl + 3 using your keyboard. Right-click on the contact to delete it if it is a single contact.
• Highlight all contacts by pressing Ctrl + A.
• Click Delete located on the Ribbon bar.
• Click OK when you see the message These contacts will also be deleted from Hotmail, Messenger, and other Windows Live services.

After following the steps above, all your contacts that you have manually added to your account will be deleted however, contacts coming from third-party sites such as Facebook will not be deleted unless you remove Facebook from your account.

For Mail app:

Open People app then delete the contact.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

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The non-default ones I have that you have not listed are:

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Ati HotKey Poller
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AVG E-mail Scanner
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Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

• What was the last step you performed before deleting it accidently?
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Follow the steps below to check the SAMSs.

1. Press
Windows Logo Key+X. Click on Run.

2. Type
services.msc. Click on Ok.

3. Then find
SAMSs. Right-click on it to
Stop it and Restart it.

If you do not find it in services, then I suggest you to try the steps below.

Scan for damaged system files. Right-click the Start icon and select
Command Prompt (Admin). In the Command Prompt window, type
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Then type dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and hit Enter.

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Step 4: Next choose "SYSTEM", should expand again
Step 5: Choose "CurrentControlSet", expands again
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