✅ Resolved cloudflare warp issue

[maxim123]

Hello, I have been using cloudflare warp, but even with it disabled in startup, its warp-svc service runs during startup
and today, even with cloudfare warp off, my domain is considered as cloudflare warp's.
so I uninstalled it completely, then net didn't work in ethernet cable(wifi works). Edited dns to automatic(it had changed to 127.0.2.3 /4) , then net worked, but certain sites or apps like discord didn't work.
now installed cloudflare warp again, and everything is running again.

I would like to be able to change to cloudflare warp when I want instead of it running in background when I don't want it to. Is there a way to do it? thank you.

[jmarket]

Even when Cloudflare WARP is set not to start with Windows, its background service (

warp-svc

) is configured as a Windows service that runs automatically to manage network interfaces. That’s why you still see it active, even if WARP itself appears “off.”

You have a few options to stop it from running automatically:

1. Press Win + R, type

   services.msc

   , and press Enter.
   Locate Cloudflare WARP Service (or

   warp-svc

   ).
   Double-click it and change the Startup type to Manual or Disabled.
   Click Stop if it’s currently running, then Apply → OK.

If you prefer doing this via Command Prompt (run as Administrator), you can use:

sc config warp-svc start= demand

That sets it to manual mode so it only starts when you launch the WARP client manually.

When you want to use WARP again, just open the Cloudflare WARP app—it will start the service automatically.

If you disable the service entirely, the client won’t connect until you start it again with:

sc start warp-svc

This setup gives you full control to toggle WARP only when you need it, without it running constantly in the background.

[maxim123]

thank you so much

[maxim123]

from what ISP told me just earlier, it seems some public ip of the isp is having issue accessing certain sites or apps, so I guess I will have to wait for them to solve the issue. The help I want here is how to make sure warp-svc doesn't run in startup when the app is disabled.

[xrobwx71]

What operating system?

[maxim123]

What operating system?

It is win 11 pro

[jmarket]

Even when Cloudflare WARP is set not to start with Windows, its background service (

warp-svc

) is configured as a Windows service that runs automatically to manage network interfaces. That’s why you still see it active, even if WARP itself appears “off.”

You have a few options to stop it from running automatically:

1. Press Win + R, type

   services.msc

   , and press Enter.
   Locate Cloudflare WARP Service (or

   warp-svc

   ).
   Double-click it and change the Startup type to Manual or Disabled.
   Click Stop if it’s currently running, then Apply → OK.

If you prefer doing this via Command Prompt (run as Administrator), you can use:

sc config warp-svc start= demand

That sets it to manual mode so it only starts when you launch the WARP client manually.

When you want to use WARP again, just open the Cloudflare WARP app—it will start the service automatically.

If you disable the service entirely, the client won’t connect until you start it again with:

sc start warp-svc

This setup gives you full control to toggle WARP only when you need it, without it running constantly in the background.

[maxim123]

thank you so much