This tool is primarily designed to help you debloat Windows by disabling unnecessary Windows services. It comes with a pre-defined list of Windows services to disable, but you can easily customize the list to fit your unique needs.
win-service-toggler is an interactive PowerShell script. Run it by executing:
.\win-service-toggler.ps1=============== Windows Service Toggler ===============
1: Save current state of services to a file.
2: Show services that do not match desired service start type.
3: Show services with manual/disabled desired state that are currently running.
4: Show services that are not included in the list.
5: Set start type of services to a desired state.
Q: Quit.
Select an option and press Enter:
Saves the current state of all Windows services to two files. Human readable text file and JSON file. Files will be saved in the current directory and named:
<hostname>_service_state_<YYYYMMDD>_<HHMMSS>.txt
<hostname>_service_state_<YYYYMMDD>_<HHMMSS>.json
Use this to backup service state before making any changes.
Displays a list of services that will be modified when using option 5. Output:
Name DisplayName DesiredStartType CurrentStartType CurrentState
---- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------
DiagTrack Connected User Experiences and Telemetry disabled Automatic Running
DPS Diagnostic Policy Service disabled Automatic Running
Displays services that have their desired startup type set to manual or disabled and are currently in a running state. Output:
Name DisplayName DesiredStartType CurrentStartType CurrentState
---- ----------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------
SstpSvc Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service manual Manual Running
This is useful for finding services that start even when their startup type is set to manual.
Displays all services that are not included in the service list. Output:
Name DisplayName StartType Status
---- ----------- --------- ------
ClickToRunSvc Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Service Automatic Running
CmService Container Manager Service Automatic Running
This modified services by setting their startup type to the desired state. Use option 2 to check what modifications will be made. Note: services will not be stopped if they are currently running so you will need to restart the system for changes to take an affect. Output:
Following services have been modified:
Name FromStartType ToStartType
---- ------------- -----------
FontCache Automatic manual
NetTcpPortSharing Disabled manual
Spooler Automatic manual
- docs/win_service_documentation.txt - contains detailed Windows service documentation, refer to this for additional information about Windows services.
- baseline folder contains Windows service baseline exportes
- baseline/win11-22H2-build_22621.1344_service_state_20230308_164427.txt - clean Windows 11 22H2 installation baseline (txt)
- baseline/win11-22H2-build_22621.1344_service_state_20230308_164427.json - clean Windows 11 22H2 installation baseline (JSON)