Gaming Services

Question

Hello. There is a task running in background called "Gaming Services". I dont use xbox so i want to disable this service. I tried to disable it by services.msg but it didn't let me. Also I disabled all XBOX services. How can I disable this service?

Answer 1

Hello @Volkan Eyüpoğlu

You can choose to disable it, if you have no games includes Microsoft Studios games as well as some third-party games need it, but it should not be causing any issue in the first place.

Have you checked Settings > Apps, is there any gaming services app, If there is, select it and uninstall it first.

If not, use the PowerShell method to remove the package.

Run Powershell as administrator then enter this command

get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers

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Answer 2

Hi @Volkan Eyüpoğlu ,

You can go to Services (Start > search for "Services" and hit enter, find all services that start with "Xbox", right-click one service at the time > Properties > set the Startup type to Disabled > Ok.

Example:

Here's also a similar thread discussing this:
How do i turn off all services for Xbox on my Windows 10 PC?

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