Disabling Services

Do you see any services that can be disabled safely?

You've made three posts in the last 30 minutes about various Windows things. Services are best left at the defaults.


A touch paranoid I think...

You've made three posts in the last 30 minutes about various Windows things. Services are best left at the defaults.

BrianInEngland said:

A touch paranoid I think...

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That doesn't help.

Generally, I come to these forums after a fresh install. When I reinstall Windows 11, it about 3-6 months and between that time, they have managed to change a lot of settings this time around.

SightUp said:

Do you see any services that can be disabled safely?

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I myself have disabled some services, after a thorough search on Internet forums and other information sources.
Even made an excel sheet with exact description of every service, but that's already a long time ago and services tend to change somewhat.
For instance I did disable the Windows Search, because it brings no extras.
But I would never recommend any other person to disable services from my list, because I don't want to be responsible for problems in other systems.

Kees said:

I myself have disabled some services, after a thorough search on Internet forums and other information sources.
Even made an excel sheet with exact description of every service, but that's already a long time ago and services tend to change somewhat.
For instance I did disable the Windows Search, because it brings no extras.
But I would never recommend any other person to disable services from my list, because I don't want to be responsible for problems in other systems.

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I think it's crazy they keep intertwining the services and changing them. One version, this is OK to Disable. The next version, it's not.

If that's all the services you have, it appears you've managed to somehow dwindle them down already. I have almost 300 with 119 running. They're there for a purpose. I'm not one to worry about such things as long as Windows works well and my resources can handle it. I just let it do it's thing as long as it will let me do mine.

SightUp said:

I think it's crazy they keep intertwining the services and changing them.

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I don't think it's crazy they keep changing services. Because demands of the system change in ongoing time, services that belong to those demands will change. That has always been so and will always be so in future.
Only if you would stay on a certain system level (no updating at all), you could be sure that no servieces will change anymore. That said; if you install a certain app (from MS or not), it will (may) install services that belong to that app. So then the services on your system will change indeed, even while you did not update the system.

Been fond of tweaking systems settings since Windows 2K - where disabling some services - made quite a difference on those old systems with 256 RAM and slower HDDs. Still do that (old habit) - but as i learned (the hard way at times) - Safe to Disable Services (Windows and most apps work just fine if disabled) - is not always practical overall (some 3rd party apps are based on a specific Windows service - and they won't start or some features won't work if disabled). That being said - i still do that but "i know what I'm doing" - and not to mention - disabling services can be a tailored experience, as in: there's services i disable on laptops - like printing related services - since i never use them - but you might, and your printer (or some apps/functions you need) won't work if you just copy paste my personal choice for disabled services.

There's even a guide - intended for Enterirpise envoirmernt (since lots of services are usefull/needed only on Home Computers), which can teach you what is Safe to Disable:


But as mentioned above - even Safe to disable services - might not be the right choice for you (and the apps/features you use). So you either do things the right way - by actually educating yourself (both on what's safe to diable - but also what you can disable without loosing some needed features or a particular 3rd party app you use - won't stop working), or you disable only the services causing you problems (for example - the Killer Network services - if your sytems has a Kiler NW card and this services are causing you issues). Just my 2 cents.

All non-Microsoft services can be disabled creating a clean boot:



A clean boot can run long term.


An alternative is selective boot.

Our services are very intimate, and we completely understand if you'd like to delete them. We'll take care of that for you. Just know that we won't tell anyone.