{"id":8976,"date":"2026-10-20T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/support-articles\/how-to-stop-elements-agents-services-using-command-prompt\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:30:33","slug":"how-to-stop-elements-agents-services-using-command-prompt","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/support-articles\/how-to-stop-elements-agents-services-using-command-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop Elements Agent’s services using Command prompt?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How to manually stop the Elements Endpoint Protection Agent's services using Command Prompt?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

Here are the steps how you can stop Elements Agent's services on a Windows computer via the Command Prompt:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open a Command Prompt with administrator privileges<\/li>\n
  2. Run commands:\n
      \n
    1. net stop fshoster (this stops the user interface and the automatic update agent)<\/li>\n
    2. net stop fsulhoster (this stops the security features, such as real-time scanning, DeepGuard, Browsing Protection and the firewall profile)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. To start the service after stopping it, use the "net start" command<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Note: to be able to stop the services of Elements Agent, you need to disable the tamper protection feature from the Elements profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How to stop services via Command prompt for F-Secure EPP Server Protection and Computer protection\u00a0
      \nHow to manually stop services for EPP for windows products?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-8976","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000007350","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-20 15:48:11","import_hash":"369056d493b985edc1b9329809c7125b07afc57f","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}