Is it safe to completely delete "Delivery Optimization" service?


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 10
       #1

    Is it safe to completely delete "Delivery Optimization" service?


    Hello! I have a problem that is very annoying. It have to do with the "Delivery Optimization" and the "Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)" services. I already disabled the Delivery Optimization from Windows Updates settings (as shown in the image bellow) but the service is still running and the Task Manager shows me the high internet bandwidth consumption. As you can see the setting is "Disabled" ("Desativado" in portuguese).

    Is it safe to completely delete "Delivery Optimization" service?-otimazcao11.jpg

    Then I tried to manually disable the service from the Services manager. As you can see in the image bellow, both DO and BITS services are disabled, but after some random period they suddenly activate without my consent and I need to disable it again and again.

    Is it safe to completely delete "Delivery Optimization" service?-otimazcao.jpg

    This is completely annoying me! I have a limited bandwidth and it still using everything even if I already disabled it.

    Then my question is: Is it safe to DELETE this pesky services?

    I know that I can use CMD to delete a service and the RegEdit to delete the services key entries, but I'm afraid of messing with it and make my PC unusable. Has anyone did it before and has it worked? Thank you all in advance!
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  2. Posts : 43,029
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Task Manager shows me the high internet bandwidth consumption.
    Rather than hacking Windows services you would be better advised to look at the options to control bandwidth use for Windows Updates.

    A quick search for
    delivery optimisation high internet
    led as I suspected to this:
    How to limit Windows Update bandwidth on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update | Windows Central

    Using Settings to try to control this - one of the early things I do- would be a much more rational approach.

    More if you follow 'Advanced Settings':
    Is it safe to completely delete "Delivery Optimization" service?-snap-2019-07-03-06.29.04.png
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