taskkill
Terminate a process by its process ID or name. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill.
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Terminate a process by its ID:
taskkill /pid {{process_id}} -
Terminate a process by its name:
taskkill /im {{process_name}} -
Forcefully terminate a specified process:
taskkill /pid {{process_id}} /f -
Terminate a process and its child processes:
taskkill /im {{process_name}} /t -
Terminate a process on a remote machine:
taskkill /pid {{process_id}} /s {{remote_name}} -
Display information about the usage of the command:
taskkill /?
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