# How to stop elasticsearch instance after running gradlew run

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124 "2019-03-13T10:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124/1 "2019-03-13T10:37:46Z")

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I run elasticsearch instance by running gradlew run.  
So once its running if i make any changes to any files ,i need to restart my windows because **.lock** file in distribution directory does not get deleted by running **gradle clean**.  
Is there any command so that i can restart my elasticsearch without having to restart my windows.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-stop-elasticsearch-instance-after-running-gradlew-run/172124/2 "2019-04-10T10:37:51Z")

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