Remove services from the list in the services.msc utility in Microsoft Windows with one of these two options.
Option 1 – Command
- You can also remove services using a command line. Hold down the Windows Key, then press “R” to bring up the Run dialog.
- Type “SC DELETE servicename“, then press “Enter“.
“servicename” should be the exact name of the service.
Option 2 – Registry
- Hold down the Windows Key and press “R“.
- Type “regedit“, then select “OK“.
- Navigate to the following location in the registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- System
- CurrentControlSet
- Services
- There are folders under “Services” that contain each service. The “DisplayName” values in each of these folders equals the Service Name. Go through the list or use the “Edit” > “Find” menu to search for the service you wish to remove.
FAQ
These steps only delete the name of the service. How do I delete the actual program that is running as a service?
You can track it down with these steps:
- Right-click the taskbar and choose “Task Manager“.
- Select the “Services” tab.
- Right-click the service you wish to delete, then choose “Go to details“.
- The process related to the service is highlighted. If you wish to remove it, you can track it down by right-clicking it and selecting “Open file location“. From there, either uninstall the related program from “Add/Remove Programs” or delete the EXE file as desired.
Surjit Dadhwal says
SC DELETE ServiceName did not worked for me. Few points that might be helpful:
1) Use double quotes around ServiceName. So SC DELETE “ServiceName”
2) If 1 does not work then use .exe with SC. So SC.exe DELETE “ServiceName”
Number 2 worked for me.
horse80 says
Maybe take a look here if you are stuck with deleting the service:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20561990/how-to-solve-the-specified-service-has-been-marked-for-deletion-error
Juho Leiniö says
Thanks a ton! The option 1 worked for me.
Greg says
Thanks! it works for me!
Shrikant says
Command –> SC DELETE “ServiceName” binPath= “C:\Program Files (x86)\XXX\ServiceName.exe -c Service.config”
ryan says
Run the command prompt as administrator:
click start -> search for cmd -> right click -> choose “run as administrator
then run the command in step 1, this worked for me on windows 10
Keertiraj says
2 one worked.Thanks a lot.
Larry Kavounas says
Friends, this is very helpful! I learned a lot!
Can you please finish the option #2:
Once I find the entry in the registry, what do I do?
I imagine right-mouse-click on the yellow folder and delete?
can you please confirm?
Thanks
Larry
vitas says
no , i tried both tricks, and both failed.
I first tried the RUN command, and nothing happened, the services were still being shown up on Service Applet listing.
Then i tried the registry trick, but still the service is still being shown on the services applet list., although this time the description given in the services list applet has changed to “Failed to load description. Error code 2”
With the registry trick only its description is lost, service is still on the list
(NB: i have stopped the services before trying these tricks)