How to Disable Services in Ubuntu

Different services like the Bluetooth Service in Ubuntu can be deactivated manually from the "Advanced" options as per your requirement.

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Ubuntu allows you to disable various inbuilt services as per your requirement. You can deactivate different services if you are not using them or for any other purpose. In Ubuntu to disable services is a simple task. The following tutorial describes how to open and go to the "Services" section and from there turn off the Bluetooth Service.

To learn how to disable services in Ubuntu follow the steps given below.

Step 1 -- Open the terminal application
First of all, click on the dash button and in the search bar type terminal. With that done, the terminal application will pop up. Click on it to open up the application.

Step 2 -- Enter command
When the terminal application opens up, type the command
Sudo apt-get install bum and hit the "enter" key.

Step 3 -- Install and open application
This will install the application in Ubuntu. Once the application has been installed, type in bum in the terminal window and hit "enter".
With that done the bum UI based application will open up.

Step 4 -- Select the "Advanced" option
In the bottom of that window, tick on the checkbox titled "Advanced".

Step 5 -- Go to the "Services" tab
With that done, now move over to the "Services" tab that is located at the top.

Step 6 -- Disable the "Bluetooth Service"
To further on understand how to disable services in Ubuntu here we will deactivate the services one by one. For example, let's start with the "Bluetooth Service". For that, right click on it and choose the "Deactivate and apply now" option.
The service has now been disabled.

Step 7 -- View the status of the Bluetooth Service
Now let's view the status of the Bluetooth Service. In left pane you will see that the "Active" option has been unchecked. This means that the service has been disabled. From the above steps in can be seen that in Ubuntu to disable services is quite easy and not time consuming.