{"id":1863,"date":"2014-03-06T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/03\/06\/powertip-stop-a-powershell-job\/"},"modified":"2014-03-06T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-stop-a-powershell-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-stop-a-powershell-job\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Stop a PowerShell Job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Learn how to stop an unwanted Windows PowerShell job.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I stop an over-running Windows PowerShell job?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Even though this is not something you’d normally do, creating an infinite loop is a common (and
          potentially, very embarrassing) error. This job will run forever:<\/p>\n

Start-Job -ScriptBlock {while ($true){sleep -Seconds 10}}<\/p>\n

When you realize that your job is over-running, use the Stop-Job<\/b> cmdlet:<\/p>\n

Stop-Job -Id 14<\/p>\n

You can then hide the evidence by using Remove-Job<\/b> to delete the job.
You can test the data in the stopped job with Receive-Job<\/b>, if desired, before you delete the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Learn how to stop an unwanted Windows PowerShell job.  How can I stop an over-running Windows PowerShell job?  Even though this is not something you’d normally do, creating an infinite loop is a common (and           potentially, very embarrassing) error. This job will run forever: Start-Job -ScriptBlock {while ($true){sleep -Seconds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[193,189,4,45],"class_list":["post-1863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-background-jobs","tag-richard-siddaway","tag-scripting-techniques","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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