Community ManagerHi @SinfulFish,
The EABackgroundService runs in the background so the EA app can run automatic app updates and download game updates in the background.
If you'd rather not having it running, you can disable automatic app updates and background game updates in the EA app settings.
To disable automatic Application updates:
To disable background game updates:
Once these settings are disabled, the EABackgroundService will automatically end after you've shut down the app. Please note: there will be a minute or two delay before the process ends once you've closed the app.
This does not stop the process from running when it should not even be active. It behaves too much like spyware for a normal person to believe this is safe.
11-2024 they still havent stoped this stupid thing. even tho i set it to manual start in system, it always starts with windows and in 90% of times it prevent ea app for opening, so in 9/10 times i have to go to joblist find eabackground services and close it down, then i can open ea app.. was the sime problem on my other 2 computers.
I'm not surprised that it still hasn't been fixed even was around during the EA app beta back in 2019. I've given up on using EA tbh with all the issues, like the RCE exploits in Titanfall, Titanfall and apex legends over the span on 10 + years has not been fixed, Spyware, the EA kernel anti-cheat which has even bricked people's computers making the have to buy a new computer and the support where once I had a problem where one of the game's I owned disappeared and it took them 1-2 months of back and forth with their outsourced support who barely understand English until I think a manager guy came along and fixed it after I threatened to do a chargeback with the card which paid for it. I'm disgusted and sick of EA screwing me over.
