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Re: How to stop EA Desktop background service from running most of the time.

There are some other situations that might be keeping it running. For instance, if you're using the Xbox app on your PC it will run the EABackgroundService. Likewise if you run an EA game through Steam or Epic, it will also run in the background. It should stop the background service when these clients are closed, though. Again, there may be a delay of a couple minutes after exiting the client or game before the background service stops.

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SinfulFish
New Traveler
3 years ago
I agree that EA should fix this but for me it does close after a minute or two but I use the solution I came up with because I still don't trust EA because all they care about is money not customers.
I haven't launched the app from steam or xbox or epic, I reloaded my computer not long ago and before it never closed but I also tested it on a virtual machine and it worked while running TCP view from here TCPView for Windows - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn
phoo-monkey
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
@vokul4 the steps that @EA_Kent suggested worked for me and the background service does stop after about a minute of shutting down the EA app. Not sure why you felt the need to be rude when a perfectly good guide was provided for us.
magnet_dk
2 years ago
Solution from @EA_Kent works for me too.
J-harris3712
2 years ago
@phoo-monkey doesn't work for me, how is that a perfect guide aswell he answered questions we didnt ask, we're on about ea app running in the background not automatic Application updates and Enable background downloads
J-harris3712
2 years ago
@phoo-monkey now we need something like avg to manually sleep the app
SpacificNocean
2 years ago
OP was not rude or insulting in any manner. The passive aggressiveness in your post is quite literally undeserved. The question is why are YOU being rude