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How can I stop all of the arcronis services from starting, short of uninstalling the application? I want to use it for backup, not all the other crud it's running in the background. Thanks.

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David, welcome to these public User Forums.

What version of Acronis are you using as that makes a lot of difference in answering your question?

David, here's how I keep mine to a minimum.

First, assuming you are running the latest version, be sure to uninstall everything except the minimum backup stuff.

If you do not use non-stop backup, disable the Acronis Nonstop Backup Service

If you do not need the dashboard features, disable the Acronis Managed Machine Service Mini.

There are two Acronis Mobile Backup services. I leave them as Manual, although you could disable them if you'd never use mobile backup. Leaving them Manual means I can easily start/stop the services should I wish to use the feature.

I leave Acronis Agent Core Service as Automatic.

I leave Acronis Schedule2 Service as automatic. That is because I have backups which run on a schedule. If you only run manual backups you might be able to set this to Disabled, or Manual.

I set Acronis Sync Agent Service to Manual. It seems to get started when needed.

Finally, the TIB Mounter Service (not readily identified as Acronis) I leave at Manual.

From Task Manager, Startup tab, I have three items which are all enabled...
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Acronis Scheduler Service Helper
Acronis TIB Mounter Monitor

Depending on how you use the system, you may be able to disable something there.

And finally, be aware that whenever you update to a new version of the program you will need to check your settings again because some of the services are set back to automatic start.

I have Arcronis true image 2021.

My issue is I want to use it for backup. Nothing else. Yet when I start up these are all the services running. I can go in and manally adjust them to not start and all of that. But was just surprised there is no way for me to just have the backup software and only run when I run it. e.g. not doing any kinda of incremental or such daily backups.

 

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See KB 65464: Acronis True Image 2021: Windows services and processes if you have that version, where the following are unstoppable services!  AAP, Cyber Protection & AAKORE !!

You can stop / set to manual or disabled many of the other services if you are not using them but you would have to hack the system to stop any of the above 'unstoppable' services which can have unknown side effects potentially!   By hack, I mean starting your system in 'Safe' mode then renaming or deleting the associated executables that are run by the services, plus removing the registry entries for the same etc.

Note: the Acronis Scheduler service should be left to run as otherwise will prevent your backup tasks from starting.

Acronis have started to address your concerns with the latest version of ACPHO 2023 where users can now perform a Custom Install and select only the features they want to use BUT this is a subscription only version, so users will still be paying an annual subscription for all ACPHO features regardless of not using them!