# How to shutdown elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 16, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shutdown-elasticsearch/120135 "2018-02-16T09:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaurav\_Agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@Gaurav\_Agarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gaurav_Agarwal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shutdown-elasticsearch/120135/1 "2018-02-16T09:45:51Z")
Hii How to shutdown or stop a running node of elasticsearch on windows. I downloaded elastic search as a service regards Gaurav ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shutdown-elasticsearch/120135/2 "2018-02-16T10:35:57Z")
I'd say: go to the service console and stop the service? (Not anymore a windows user so I can't tell more). ---
**Author:** ![Gaurav\_Agarwal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@Gaurav\_Agarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gaurav_Agarwal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shutdown-elasticsearch/120135/3 "2018-02-19T06:06:23Z")
Thank you that helped ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-shutdown-elasticsearch/120135/4 "2018-03-19T06:06:31Z")
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