Would you like to learn how to find out which process is listening on a TCP port? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to check which process is listening on a TCP port on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

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Tutorial Windows - Which process is listening on a TCP port

As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.

Windows - Elevated command prompt

List all TCP ports in the listening state.

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Here is the command output.

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Take note of the process identification number.

Use the PID to get information about the process.

Get the name of the process listening on a TCP port.

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Here is the command output.

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Get the full path of the process.

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Here is the command output.

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Optionally, format the output as a list.

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Here is the command output.

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Congratulations! You are able to verify which process is listening in a TCP port on Windows.