# Is there any way to make Winlogbeat not start automatically?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-winlogbeat-not-start-automatically/297095
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat, winlogbeat
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-winlogbeat-not-start-automatically/297095 "2022-02-14T02:43:36Z")
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### Author: ![Will\_Wu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/will_wu/32/101773_2.png) [@Will\_Wu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Will_Wu)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-winlogbeat-not-start-automatically/297095/1 "2022-02-14T02:43:36Z")

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hey guys!

First time using winlogbeat。

is there any method to make Winlogbeat do not start automatically ?

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### Author: ![sholzhauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sholzhauer/32/110282_2.png) [@sholzhauer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sholzhauer)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-winlogbeat-not-start-automatically/297095/2 "2022-02-14T08:56:15Z")

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Once installed you can disable the service in 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: [March 14, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-make-winlogbeat-not-start-automatically/297095/3 "2022-03-14T10:57:00Z")

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