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How to manually delete Windows Services
When I refer to “delete Windows services” I refer to the services left behind by a software you’ve removed.
Example : Norton, Bit Defender or AVG.
Yesterday I was taking few screenshots from my Windows Services to show them to a friend and I was amazed of how many I had there, set on automatic startup…many that they shouldn’t be there anymore.
So here’s how to remove them if they are not automatically removed.
Go to Start, Run, type Regedit and navigate to the following key :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services and remove what you think is necessary from the software you have uninstalled and left a running service behind.
Reboot.
Warning ! Don’t go there if you don’t know what you are doing.
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February 7, 2010 - 11:06 AM
It's far easier to use the command line program sc to do this. Simply
1. go to start menu, choose run, enter 'cmd' (without the quotes), hit enter.
2. type sc delete “service name”
Voila. You'll only need the double quotes if the service name has spaces. By the way you can get the service name from Control panel, administrative tools, services. Double click on the service and read the service name at the top of the dialog. It can be different from the description.
March 6, 2009 - 1:27 PM
http://letmehelpyougeeks.blogspot.com/2009/01/deleting-windows-service.html
January 29, 2007 - 12:17 PM
Just a note to readers of this blog
Another way to do this — “sc” command
Note down the “service name” (NOT the display name) of the service which you want to delete (from services.msc)
Then go to command prompt and type “sc delete servicename”
That’s it.
sc command is very powerful tool for modifying services (creating, deleting, stopping, query etc etc). Especially useful if you’re a comfortable with command prompt.
January 29, 2007 - 12:16 PM
Just a note to readers of this blog
Another way to do this — “sc” command
Note down the “service name” (NOT the display name) of the service which you want to delete (from services.msc)
Then go to command prompt and type “sc delete servicename”
That’s it.
sc command is very powerful tool for modifying services (creating, deleting, stopping, query etc etc). Especially useful if you’re a comfortable with command prompt.
January 26, 2007 - 2:38 PM
Thank you Carol,you’ve been a big help and everything is running a lot quicker,it’s like having a new computer again.