Comments on: Disable AppleMobileDeviceService.Exe, iTunesHelper.exe and iPodService.exe

By: SillyHalfMexican

SillyHalfMexican — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:10:53 +0000

Thanks again! Too many services running in the background, that I don’t use, just irks me to no end. Bothers me more when they start back up after terminating it lol.

Hopefully this helps though!

By: 오중호랑이

오중호랑이 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:15:33 +0000

ipodservice.exe를 제거 하는데 많은 도움이 되었습니다.

파일을 지워버리는 방법을 미쳐 생각하지 못했었습니다.
감사합니다. thank you

By: yanrr

yanrr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:08:14 +0000

Many thanks

By: Bob Sparlng

Bob Sparlng — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:50:56 +0000

Nice work. Big help. Thanks.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:01:41 +0000

The above wasnt helpfull for me.

I uninstalled itunes, but this anoying prog keeps comming up…
if i kill the proces it starts itself up again in about a minute.
There is on my pc no file with the name “applemobiledeviceservice.exe”

Cant find it in services either.

Is it possible a virus is using this?
I know Im infected with virut..

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:16:40 +0000

Thank you sooooo much! I have been disabling these things for a while now, only to see the Applemobiledeviceservice.exe turning itself back on.

By: Hieronymus P. Organthruster

Hieronymus P. Organthruster — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:11:04 +0000

Note that if you reinstall iTunes, or if click ‘OK’ when prompted to upgrade your existing iTunes installation, the actions listed on this page will be undone and you will need to go back disabling the services, deleting the EXEs, and so on.

Good old Apple, thinking they know how we want to work. Sometimes it becomes clear why their market share is so low…

By: James

James — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:51:27 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to publish such a clear explanation

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:02:50 +0000

The only one of these processes I had running was AppleMobileDeviceService.exe. Although curious as to why it was on my computer, (I don’t own an iPod or have iTunes installed) I’m glad it’s gone.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:16:12 +0000

I have an iTouch and I use I tunes to download media to my device. Can I safely remove AppleMobileDeviceService.Exe, iTunesHelper.exe and iPodService.exe and still use my iTunes to download to my iTouch?

By: swag

swag — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:32:12 +0000

Thank you. Unfortunately that evil virus called iTunes has made these steps absolutely necessary.

By: tartooob

tartooob — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:08:07 +0000

Thanks for this great article & I totally agree with Taomyn, I have installed iTunes on an old laptop just to avoid the bloatware that comes with it, I will never install it on my main PC and for excellent alternative for itunes/quicktime

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By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:25:32 +0000

Some like to shop in the iTunes store for example. Some might have had an iPod and switched to another mp3 player later on.

By: turu

turu — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:27:07 +0000

hmmm, are there any reason for installing itunes for those who don’t own ipod ? for Mac look Windows mod ?

By: Taomyn

Taomyn — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:46:28 +0000

This is Apple’s way of trying to persuade everyone how bad Windows is by programming their own applications so poorly that they screw your system up with this garbage. Even worse, you’re not even given an option to not have this stuff installed. Apple never practices what it preaches.

IMHO iTunes/Quicktime should be classed as malware, There are plenty of alternative ways to manage your MP3 player and to play Quicktime media, all of which are better and carry no baggage.

By: Pushkar

Pushkar — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:25:44 +0000

thanks man! i had to end the process everyday!