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title: "Kill a Process in C# with Example"  
description: "Kill a Process in C# with ExampleSometimes we want to terminate or kill a process, which is already running or previously created process. To kill t"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-08-27  
updated: 2020-09-01  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/625/kill-a-process-in-c-sharp-with-example  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Kill a Process in C# with Example

## Kill a Process in C# with Example

Sometimes we want to terminate or kill a process, which is already running or previously created process. To kill the process in c sharp use System. Diagnostics namespaces and use named ‘Kill()’ method which is available in Process class.

Here I am giving an example to kill the process. Let’s see a brief description of it. Example: Here I am creating a process and after 2 seconds killed it.

To kill the previously created process writes the following code.

```
using System.Diagnostics;namespace ConsoleProcessTest{     class Program    {         static voidMain(string[] args)         {               // create the  process to launch another exe file             Process myProcess= Process.Start(@"C:\Users\Sachindra\Desktop\Logic.exe");               // take 2 second to kill the process             Thread.Sleep(2000);             // kill the process             myProcess.Kill();           }           }     }
```

After debug this code your Logic.exe executable file will execute and after 2 seconds it will close.

##### To kill the already running process:

To kill the already running process writes the following code.

```
using System.Diagnostics;  namespace AllreadyRunningProcess{     class Program    {         static voidMain(string[] args)         {             // Store all running process in the system             Process[]  runingProcess= Process.GetProcesses();             for (inti=0; i<runingProcess.Length; i++)            {                  // compare equivalent process by their name                 if(runingProcess[i].ProcessName=="mspaint")                {                     // kill  running process                    runingProcess[i].Kill();                }                  }                                 }    }}
```

After debugging the code if the ‘MSPaint’ process is running then it will close.

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