How to disable Windows Insider Service on Windows 10

All Windows 10 computers include the Windows Insider Service (wisvc) regardless of the participation in the Windows Insider program by users. The wisvc is considered an unnecessary service for the users who don’t have a wish to join the Insider program.

To many, ‘non-required’ services running on their PC may hamper performance. In this post, we will show you the various ways to disable Windows Insider Service on Windows 10.

Disable Windows Insider Service

The following are the ways you can achieve this task;

1. Via Services console
2. Via Command Prompt
3. Via PowerShell

Let’s see the description of each of the methods.

1] Disable Windows Insider Service via Services console

• Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
• In the Run dialog box, type services.msc and hit Enter to open Services.
• In the Services window, scroll and locate the Windows Insider Service entry.
• Double-click on the entry to open its properties window.
• In the properties window, on the General tab, click the dropdown on Startup type and select Disabled.
• Click Apply > OK to save changes.

You can now exit the Services console.

2] Disable Windows Insider Service via Command Prompt

Do the following:

• Invoke the Run dialog.
• In the Run dialog box, type cmd and then press CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER to open Command Prompt in admin/elevated mode.
• In the command prompt window, type or copy and paste the command below and hit Enter.

sc config "wisvc" start= disabled

You can now exit CMD prompt.

3] Disable Windows Insider Service via PowerShell

Do the following:

• Press Windows key + X to open Power User Menu.
• Tap A on the keyboard to launch PowerShell in admin/elevated mode.
• In the PowerShell console, type in or copy and paste the command below and hit Enter.

Set-Service wisvc -StartupType Disabled

You can now exit the PowerShell console.

That’s it!