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Can you stop a PAD flow from the command prompt?

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Posted on by HarrisonB 4

I have a PAD Flow that I start with the command prompt using the Run URL.

 

I want to know if there's a way to stop the same flow (or at least all running flows) through the command prompt.

 

Thanks!

 

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    Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @HarrisonB 

     

    I think you can use below command in cmd to kill the power automate desktop flows 

     

    taskkill /F /IM PAD.Robot.exe

     

     

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    HarrisonB 4 on at

     This works.

    Thank you so much!

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