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Stop-Process — Basic Usage

Use Stop-Process for a standard administrative task.

Copy-ready commandStop-Process — Basic Usage
Stop-Process -Name notepad

Requirements and permissions

Requirements
Windows PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell 7
Permissions
Varies by command
Last reviewed
2026-07-31

Examples

Basic Usage

Use Stop-Process for a standard administrative task.

Stop-Process -Name notepad

Original command

Stop a running process by name.

Stop-Process -Name notepad

Common errors

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