# How to stop wowza streaming engine.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 23, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565 "2014-04-23T16:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Adam\_Kazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@Adam\_Kazi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adam_Kazi)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565/1 "2014-04-23T16:12:41Z")

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hey i started using wowza streaming engine 4.0 . i also did couple of live streaming events using wowza streaming engine.

now i want to know how can i stop my wowza streaming engine 4.0. is there any stop button available on the server .

i know to go in lib and stop. Also my application has set a module created by me . i have set modeled properties in my application.

Now even after deleting my application i cannot delete my jar from lib folder.

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565/2 "2014-04-23T08:47:17Z")

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The only way I know of to completely shut down Wowza is /bin/shutdown.sh|bat

You can shut down the Virtual Host under Server/Virtual Host Setup in the UI, and hit the “stop” button. Not sure if that is exactly what you are looking for.

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565/3 "2014-04-25T07:41:59Z")

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Hi,

I think you will need to use /bin/shutdown(.sh/.bat) as Wowza is still running after shutting down the virtual host in Wowza Streaming Engine Manager.

Jason

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**Author:** ![Adam\_Kazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@Adam\_Kazi](https://community.wowza.com/u/Adam_Kazi)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-stop-wowza-streaming-engine/41565/4 "2014-04-25T12:52:28Z")

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Now i can shut down the Virtual Host under Server/Virtual Host but unable to delete jar files which i dont want from the lib folder