Would you like to learn how to disable a Windows service using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to disable a service.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Powershell – Disable a service

As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.

Windows 10 - powershell elevated

List the services of Windows.

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Here is the command output.

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List information from specific services.

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Here is the command output.

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Take note of the desired service name.

Stop a service using Powershell.

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Disable a service using Powershell.

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Check the service status.

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Here is the command output.

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In our example, the DNSCACHE service was disabled using Powershell.

Powershell - Disable service

Congratulations! You are able to disable a Windows service using Powershell.