WINDOWS SERVICE
UserManager: User Manager
Provides the runtime components required for multi-user interaction. Microsoft notes that if it is stopped, some applications may not operate correctly.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
| Service name | UserManager |
|---|---|
| Display name | User Manager |
| Runs from | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe |
| Command line | svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p |
| Runs as | LocalSystem |
| Verdict | Leave it alone |
| Microsoft, Windows Server 2016 guidance | No guidance |
Paths, signer and service account observed on Windows 11 build 26300 on 11 November 2026. Run the commands below to check your own PC.
Should you touch it?
Leave it aloneMicrosoft's guidance for Windows 10 and 11 IoT Enterprise rates it Don't disable and says reconfiguring it might prevent applications from operating correctly. On the PC used for this page the Web Account Manager service (TokenBroker) and XblGameSave depended on it.
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
See its state and start type
PowerShellGet-Service UserManager | Format-List Name, DisplayName, Status, StartType sc qc UserManager
Common questions
What does the UserManager service do?
Provides the runtime components required for multi-user interaction. Microsoft notes that if it is stopped, some applications may not operate correctly. It runs C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p) as LocalSystem.
Can I disable UserManager?
Leave it alone. Microsoft's guidance for Windows 10 and 11 IoT Enterprise rates it Don't disable and says reconfiguring it might prevent applications from operating correctly. On the PC used for this page the Web Account Manager service (TokenBroker) and XblGameSave depended on it.
How do I check that it is the real service?
On Windows 11 build 26300 it ran in its own svchost.exe -k netsvcs -p process as LocalSystem and loaded C:\Windows\System32\usermgr.dll, signed by Microsoft Windows. It depends on RpcSs and on the User Profile Service (ProfSvc). sc qc UserManager prints the same on your PC.