How to Kill a Process from the Command Line

Kill a process using Taskkill

1. Open the command prompt as the current user or as Administrator.
2. Type tasklist to see the list of running processes and their PIDs. ...
3. To kill a process by its PID, type the command: taskkill /F /PID pid_number.
4. To kill a process by its name, type the command taskkill /IM "process name" /F.

1. How do you kill a process?
2. How do I kill a process in Windows?
3. How do I kill a process in putty?
4. How do you kill a process using PID?
5. How do I kill a Windows not responding process?
6. How do I permanently close a process in Task Manager?
7. How do I fix unable to terminate a process?

How do you kill a process?

kill – Kill a process by ID. killall – Kill a process by name.
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Killing the process.

How do I kill a process in Windows?

Follow the below instructions to proceed.

1. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" Key or "Window + X" Key and click the Task Manager option.
2. Click on the "Processes" Tab.
3. Select a process you want to kill, and perform one of the actions below. Press the Delete key. Click on the End task button.

How do I kill a process in putty?

It is very easy to kill processes using the top command. First, search for the process that you want to kill and note the PID. Then, press k while top is running (this is case sensitive). It will prompt you to enter the PID of the process that you want to kill.

How do you kill a process using PID?

To kill a process use the kill command. Use the ps command if you need to find the PID of a process. Always try to kill a process with a simple kill command. This is the cleanest way to kill a process and has the same effect as cancelling a process.

How do I kill a Windows not responding process?

Open an elevated command prompt window, type tasklist and hit Enter. You will see the list of running tasks and the PID numbers. For example, if you want to kill fontdrhost, use fontdrvhost.exe in place of <Image Name>, and 1184 in place of <Number>. The /F flag kills the process forcefully.

How do I permanently close a process in Task Manager?

Task Manager

1. Press "Ctrl-Shift-Esc" to open the Task Manager.
2. Click the "Processes" tab.
3. Right-click any active process and select "End Process."
4. Click "End Process" again in the confirmation window. ...
5. Press "Windows-R" to open the Run window.

How do I fix unable to terminate a process?

How do I fix the Unable to Terminate Process Error

1. Press the Alt + F4 Key.
2. Switch to an Admin AccountSwitch.
3. Terminate the Process With Taskkill.
4. Terminate the Process With WMIC.
5. Check Out Alternative Task Managers.