# Clean up my task manager

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clean-up-my-task-manager/107617>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 17, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clean-up-my-task-manager/107617 "2004-04-17T02:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clean-up-my-task-manager/107617/1 "2004-04-17T02:12:21Z")

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I have 43 processes running on my task manager even with no programs open and only like 4 things in my systray. Is there a way or tool to stop some of the services runnng in the bgrd if I dont need them? Some of them have weird extensions so I dont want to stop them manually but I am sure if I dont need 43 running when there is nothing running. please advise.