tldr/pages/windows/taskkill.md

taskkill

Terminate a process by its process id or name.

• Terminate a process by its id:

taskkill /pid {{process_id}}

• Terminate a process by its name:

taskkill /im {{process_name}}

• Forcefully terminate a specified process:

taskkill /pid {{process_id}} /f

• Terminate a process and its child processes:

taskkill /im {{process_name}} /t

• Terminate a process on a remote machine:

taskkill /pid {{process_id}} /s {{remote_name}}

• Display information about the usage of the command:

taskkill /?