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WINDOWS SERVICE

RmSvc: Radio Management Service

Radio Management and Airplane Mode Service.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Service nameRmSvc
Display nameRadio Management Service
Runs fromC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
Command linesvchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted
Runs asLocalService
VerdictDepends on what you use
Microsoft, Windows Server 2016 guidanceOK to disable

Paths, signer and service account observed on Windows 11 build 26300 on 12 November 2026. Run the commands below to check your own PC.

Should you touch it?

Depends on what you use

Both of Microsoft's lists rate it OK to disable, which fits servers and fixed-purpose devices. Microsoft describes it in one line, as the radio management and airplane mode service, so on a PC where you use airplane mode, leave it. Its default startup type is Manual: on the PC used for this page it was running.

What PC Tweaker does with it

PC Tweaker does not change this service. No control in the catalogue stops it, disables it or edits its start type.

Check it yourself

  1. See its state and start type

    Get-Service RmSvc | Format-List Name, DisplayName, Status, StartType
sc qc RmSvc
    PowerShell

  2. Let it start only when needed (administrator)

    Note the START_TYPE that sc qc printed first, so you can put it back.

    sc config RmSvc start= demand
    cmd

  3. Put it back

    Use the start type you noted.

    sc config RmSvc start= <auto|delayed-auto|demand>
    cmd

Common questions

What does the RmSvc service do?

Radio Management and Airplane Mode Service. It runs C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted) as LocalService.

Can I disable RmSvc?

Depends on what you use. Both of Microsoft's lists rate it OK to disable, which fits servers and fixed-purpose devices. Microsoft describes it in one line, as the radio management and airplane mode service, so on a PC where you use airplane mode, leave it. Its default startup type is Manual: on the PC used for this page it was running.

RmSvc is running although it is Manual. Why?

Manual means Windows starts the service when something needs it, not that it stays off. On Windows 11 build 26300 it was running with the startup type still Manual, and it accepted a stop request.

How do I check that it is the real service?

On build 26300 it is registered as svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted, runs as LocalService and loads C:\Windows\System32\RMapi.dll, signed by Microsoft Windows. It depends on RpcSs.