13 thoughts on “Clear/Remove SQL Server Services from Services.msc”

1. JD February 1, 2011 at 9:55 am

   THANK YOU!!

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2. sujitbhujbal December 2, 2011 at 10:16 am

   Thanks ………

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3. Dolores Tyus March 12, 2012 at 9:47 pm

   I read your blog on how to Clear/Remove SQL Server Services from Services.msc. I completed the sc commands but am unsure how to proceed from there. I found the location in regedit but cannot find an msqlserver anything. What should I look for or should I delete the entire services folder?
   I appreciate any help you can provide. I am trying to delete msde from my machine and it will not do it from control panel or uninstall on programs menu.

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   1. Jugal Shah Post authorMarch 14, 2012 at 3:59 am

      try to find out the sql server in find string, it will take you to the right registry path.

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      1. Dolores Tyus March 14, 2012 at 2:57 pm

         I have found the path but there are several items in the path. Am I to delete them all?
      2. Jugal Shah Post authorMarch 22, 2012 at 12:25 am

         yes
4. Koteswar April 18, 2016 at 12:19 pm

   Hello Jug
   Thanks for the above qurey
   but
   How remove the name instances

   I have given the sc delete SQL Server (P001) and multiple way i tried but i can’t, So could you please clear on this.

   as i have unistalled SQL 2000 version with out removing the HotFixes from the server after i try to remove but i am getting error like supporting files missed.

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   1. varinder February 11, 2021 at 7:25 pm

      use sc delete MSSQL$

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5. sabarish July 19, 2016 at 5:58 pm

   if we have two instances running in the same server, how we can specifically remove one instance through this method????

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6. Fahad Taher July 24, 2016 at 8:52 pm

   in the second delete option do I delete everything from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services ?

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7. muthu August 6, 2017 at 5:27 am

   i tried to remove the sqlserver but i can’t able to remove,when i tried it’s showing ”access denied”
   my account access administrator permission pls provide the solution on this?

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8. prbhakar December 25, 2017 at 10:22 am

   Hi If sc is not recognised as internal or external command

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9. MNZ February 25, 2020 at 9:12 pm

   Thanks a lot. I really work. However we need to remove the following services as well.

   sc delete MSSQLFDLauncher
   sc delete MSSQLServerOLAPService
   sc delete ReportServer

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