Как убить процесс из командной строки windows

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Управлять процессами в Windows можно не только через UI («Менеджер задач»), но и через командную строку. К тому же командная строка предоставляет больше контроля над данными действиями.

Для вывода списка запущенных процессов нужно ввести команду:

tasklist

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
System Idle Process              0 Services                   0          4 K
System                           4 Services                   0      4 124 K
smss.exe                       348 Services                   0        336 K
csrss.exe                      480 Services                   0      2 780 K
wininit.exe                    552 Services                   0        572 K
csrss.exe                      568 Console                    1      9 260 K
winlogon.exe                   616 Console                    1      2 736 K
services.exe                   640 Services                   0      9 284 K
lsass.exe                      660 Services                   0     16 464 K
explorer.exe                 27736 Console                    1    125 660 K

«Убить» процесс можно как по его имени, так и по PID:

>Taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
>Taskkill /PID 27736 /F

Флаг /F указывает, что завершить процесс нужно принудительно. Без данного флага, в некоторых случаях, процесс может не «убиться» (к примеру, это актуально как раз для процесса explorer.exe).

We can kill a process from GUI using Task manager. If you want to do the same from command line., then taskkill is the command you are looking for. This command has got options to kill a task/process either by using the process id or by the image file name.

Kill a process using image name:

We can kill all the processes running a specific executable using the below command.

taskkill /IM executablename

Example:
Kill all processes running mspaint.exe:

c:\>taskkill /IM mspaint.exe
SUCCESS: Sent termination signal to the process "mspaint.exe" with PID 1972.

Kill a process forcibly

In some cases, we need to forcibly kill applications. For example, if we try to to kill Internet explorer with multiple tabs open, tasklist command would ask the user for confirmation. We would need to add /F flag to kill IE without asking for any user confirmation.

taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe

/F : to forcibly kill the process. If not used, in the above case it will prompt the user if the opened pages in tabs need to be saved.

To kill Windows explorer, the following command would work

C:\>taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 2432 has been terminated.

The above command would make all GUI windows disappear. You can restart explorer by running ‘explorer’ from cmd.

C:\>explorer

Not using /F option, would send a terminate signal. In Windows 7, this throws up a shutdown dialog to the user.

C:\>taskkill /IM explorer.exe
SUCCESS: Sent termination signal to the process "explorer.exe" with PID 2432.
C:\>

Kill a process with process id:

We can use below command to kill a process using process id(pid).

taskkill /PID  processId

Example:
Kill a process with pid 1234.

taskkill /PID 1234

Kill processes consuming high amount of memory

taskkill /FI "memusage gt value"

For example, to kill processes consuming more than 100 MB memory, we can run the below command

taskkill /FI "memusage gt 102400"

More examples

Sometimes applications get into hung state when they are overloaded or if the system is running with low available memory. When we can’t get the application to usable state, and closing the application does not work, what we usually tend to do is kill the task/process. This can be simply done using taskkill command.

To kill Chrome browser from CMD

Taskkill /F /IM Chrome.exe

Kill Chromedirver from command line

Taskkill /F /IM Chromedriver.exe

To kill firefox browser application

taskkill /F /IM firefox.exe

To kill MS Word application(Don’t do this if you haven’t saved your work)

taskkill /F /IM WinWord.exe

Sometimes, the command window itself might not be responding. You can open a new command window and kill all the command windows

taskkill /F /IM cmd.exe

This even kills the current command window from which you have triggered the command.

Multitasking with many apps and programs in the background can become difficult to manage and kill the processes running in the background using just the Task Manager or even with tools like Microsoft Process Explorer. However, another way to kill tasks and processes is from the command line in Windows.

However, you can open the Task Manager, right-click the process, and then click “End Task” to kill off the process. You can also terminate a specific process from the Details tab in the Task Manager. Sometimes you encounter issues with the Task Manager itself. For times like these, you may need to kill a process using the command line, which includes both the Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell.

In this article, we show you multiple ways to kill a process in Windows using Command Line.

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Why use the command line to terminate a process?

Although a normal user will not require killing processes using the command line, there are several use cases where command line tools are much better than their visual counterparts like the task manager. The following command line tools can be used in the following scenarios:

  • Troubleshooting: Some processes are simply stubborn. They just stop responding and refuse to die. In such a condition, killing them forcefully using the command line is an easier and safer option.
  • System administration: If you are a sysadmin, you should be a fan of command line utilities. These tools save a lot of work and time. You can run these commands remotely throughout your network to troubleshoot systems remotely.
  • Script Automation: If you are a developer and need to start or stop processes in Windows, you will need these command line tools for automation.
  • Virus prevention: If your system gets infected with viruses, it will simply not let you kill the compromised processes, as they will respawn upon kill. In this case, you can automate a monitoring process where the process is killed as soon as it starts.

There are several other use cases, but these are the most common ones.

How to Kill a Process from Command Prompt

You can kill the process in cmd using the taskkill command. However, you must either know its Process Identifier (PID) or the name of the process before you can end it.

To view and list the tasks and processes currently running on your computer, run the following command in an elevated Command Prompt:

Tasklist

List all running processes

List all running processes

Note either the name under the Image name column or the PID number of the task you want to kill. These will be used in the cmdlets to kill the respective process.

Once you have either the name or the PID of the task, use either of the following cmdlets to kill the process:

  • Kill task using process name in Command Prompt:

    Replace [ProcessName] with the name of the process.

    taskkill /IM "[ProcessName]" /F

    Kill process from Command Prompt using process name

    Kill process from Command Prompt using process name
  • Kill task using PID in Command Prompt:

    Replace [PID] with the Process ID.

    taskkill /F /PID [PID]

    Kill process from Command Prompt using process ID

    Kill process from Command Prompt using a process ID

If you are using earlier versions of Windows, like Windows 7, Windows Vista or even Windows XP, you can use tskill command, which is similar to taskkill but limited in functionality. You just need to provide the process ID to kill a task using tskill command:

tskill process-id

Replace process-id with the actual process ID. For example,

tskill 1234

How to Kill a Process from Windows PowerShell

Similar to the Command Prompt, you can also kill processes using PowerShell. But first, we must get the name or the process ID for the process to kill.

To obtain a list of the running processes in PowerShell, run the following command in PowerShell with elevated privileges:

Get-Process

List all running processes in PowerShell

List all running processes in PowerShell

From here, note down the process name or the PID (in the ID column) of the process that you want to kill, and then use it in the following commands:

Note: Unlike the Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell shows no output once a process is killed.

  • Kill task using process name in PowerShell:

    Replace [ProcessName] with the name of the process.

    Stop-Process -Name "[ProcessName]" -Force

    Kill process from PowerShell using process name

    Kill process from PowerShell using process name
  • Kill task using PID in PowerShell:

    Replace [PID] with the Process ID.

    Stop-Process -ID [PID] -Force

    Kill process from PowerShell using process ID

    Kill process from PowerShell using a process ID

How to Kill a Process using WMIC

Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line (WMIC) is a useful command line tool to perform administrative tasks especially for sysadmins and power users. You can terminate the process using wmic command.

Please note all the below mentioned commands will only work if you open Command Prompt, PowerShell or Terminal as an administrator.

wmic process where "ProcessId='process-id'" delete

Replace process-id with the actual process ID. For example,

wmic process where "ProcessId='1234'" delete

You can also terminate the process using its name:

wmic process where "name='process-name'" delete

Replace process-name with the actual process name. For example,

wmic process where "name='Skype.exe'" delete

If there are multiple processes by the same name, this command will kill all of them. For example, the above mentioned command will delete all instances with the name Skype.exe.

wmic commands to delete a process

wmic commands to delete a process

How to Kill a Process using SysInternals PsKills

PsKill is a tiny tool that comes with the PsTools Suite by SysInternals. This is a command-line tool used to kill processes, both locally and remotely on other computers on the network.

Although it was designed for WindowsNT and Windows 2000 that did not include the other command-line tools (Killtask and Stop-Process), PsKill can still be used to end processes.

Learn how to manage processes and services on remote computers.

Use the following steps to download and use PsKill to kill tasks using the command line on a Windows computer:

  1. Start by downloading PsTools.

    Download PSTools

    Download PSTools
  2. Extract the contents of the PsTool file.

    Extract PsTools

    Extract PsTools
  3. Launch an elevated Command Prompt and then use the CD cmdlet to change your directory to the extracted PsTools folder.

    CD [PathToPsTools]

    Change directory to PsTools folder

    Change directory to PsTools folder
  4. Run the following command to list all the running processes:

    PsList

    List all running processes using PsList

    List all running processes using PsList

    Note down the name of the process that you want to kill.

  5. Now use the following command to kill a process using its name:

    PsKill.exe [ProcessName]

    Kill process using PsKill

    Kill process using PsKill

As you can see from the image above, the respective process will be killed, and the associated service or program will be terminated.

Ending Thoughts

Even without the use of the Task Manager, there are multiple ways of killing a task or a process directly from the command line. You can even use these commands in scripts to end a Windows process.

On top of that, you can choose whether to kill a process using its name or its PID. Either way, Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell can be used with both native and external commands for this purpose. Not only that, but you can also use these commands in Windows Terminal for the same purpose.

If you are a sysadmin who wants quick and convenient methods to kill running processes, the given command line methods just might be the most convenient way of accomplishing it.

Обычно «убить» процесс в Windows 10 можно с помощью диспетчера задач, но в некоторых случаях эта возможность блокируется вирусами или некоторыми программами. Однако, в этих случаях можно попробовать закрыть его через командную строку или PowerShell.

Как убить процесс с помощью командной строки в Windows 10 1

Используя командную строку

Работа диспетчера задач может быть реализована с помощью инструментов командной строки: Tasklist (список задач) и Taskkill (утилита Taskkill).

  • Во-первых, нам нужно найти идентификатор процесса с помощью Tasklist
  • Во-вторых, мы убиваем программу, используя Taskskill.
Task List Memory Usage

Откройте командную строку с правами администратора, введя cmd в строке Выполнить (Win + R) и нажав Shift + Enter.

Для просмотра процессов введите следующую команду и нажмите Enter:

Taskview /fo table

Обратите внимание на идентификатор процесса, указанный в колонке Process ID.

Вы можете также прибить программу, используя точное имя.

Чтобы убить процесс по его имени, введите команду:

TASKKILL /IM "process name" /F

Так для Chrome у программы будет имя chrome.exe.

Введите команду и нажмите Enter, чтобы убить Chrome.

Taskkill /IM chrome.exe /F

Ключ /F используется для принудительной остановки процесса.

Kill a Process using Command Line

Чтобы убить процесс по его PID, введите команду:

TASKKILL /F /PID pid_number

Чтобы убить несколько процессов одновременно, запустите вышеприведенную команду с PID всех процессов через пробел.

TASKKILL /PID 2536 /PID 3316 /F

Используя PowerShell

Чтобы просмотреть список запущенных процессов, выполните следующую команду:

Get-Process

Чтобы убить процесс, используя его имя, выполните следующую команду:

Stop-Process -Name "ProcessName" -Force

Чтобы убить процесс, используя его PID, выполните следующую команду:

Stop-Process -ID PID -Force

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We use the taskkill command to terminate applications and processes in the Windows command prompt. Running taskkill is the same as using the End task button in the Windows Task Manager.

With taskkill, we kill one or more processes based on the process ID (PID) or name (image name). The syntax of this command is as follows:

taskkill /pid PID
taskkill /im name

You can use the tasklist command to find the PID or image name of a Windows process.

using the tasklist command to find the PID or image name of a process

Using the tasklist command to find the PID of a Process.

The /F option tells Windows to force kill the process:

taskkill /f /im notepad.exe

Kill a Process by PID

In the following example, we run the taskkill command to terminate a process with a PID of 1000:

taskkill /f /pid 3688

The multiple processes can be terminated at once, as shown in the following example:

taskkill /pid 3688 /pid 4248 /pid 4258

Kill a Process by Name

To kill a process by its name, we use the /IM option. In the following example, we run the taskkill command to terminate the notepad.exe process:

taskkill /im notepad.exe

The /t option tells Windows to terminate the specified process and all child processes. In the following example, we force kill Microsoft Edge and its child processes:

taskkill /f /t /im msedge.exe

Command Options

/S Specifies the IP Address or name of the remote system to connect to.
/U Specifies the name of the Windows user under which the command should execute.
/P Password for the user. Prompts for input if omitted.
/FI This option is to apply filters (see examples below).
/PID Specifies the PID of the process to be terminated.
/IM Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated.
/T Terminates the specified process and its child processes (end all tasks).
/F Forcefully kill a process.

Examples

Terminate a process with a PID of 4000:

taskkill /pid 4000

Terminate spoolsv.exe (which is the Print Spooler service on Windows):

taskkill /im spoolsv.exe

Using /f and /t options to forcefully terminate the entire process tree of the Microsoft Edge browser:

taskkill /f /t /im msedge.exe

taskkill command

Force kill any process that starts with the name note:

taskkill /f /t /im note*

In the following example, we terminate all processes that are not responding by using a filter:

taskkill /f /fi "status eq not responding"

In the above example, eq stands for equal. You can use the following filters with the /fi option.

taskkill filters

Taskkill Filters

Run taskkill command on a remote computer:

taskkill /s 192.168.1.100 /u robst /pid 5936

In the above example, the process with PID 5936 will be terminated on a remote computer with an IP address of 192.168.1.100.

Note that the Windows Firewall must be configured on the remote computer to allow the taskkill command. Click the link below for instructions on how to do it.

How to allow tasklist and taskkill commands from Windows Firewall

All right, here’s the end of this tutorial. While working on the CMD, you can run taskkill /? to display the help page, command options, and filters of the tasklist command.

The PowerShell equivalent to the taskkill is the Stop-Process cmdlet. But you can always use taskkill in PowerShell as well.

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