EA Background App to Close After Gaming Session [ Edited ]

[GuigEspritDuSage]

Hello,

EA background service seems to be a spy app which is required in order to run the EAapp. It seems it transmit between 20 and 50 GB/month of data to EA even without playing EA games.

EAbackground service continue to run even after EAapp is closed (it was not the case with Origin).

You can create a batch file (StopEAspy.bat) that you need to execute (admin rights not required) in order to stop the service.

content to put on the file:

@echo off
sc stop EABackgroundService
timeout /t 1 > nul
sc query EABackgroundService
pause

Echo off prevent to display the commands, next:
The first line stop the service and is the only required.

The second is a 1second delay in order to let the service time enough to close.

The third verify the status.

The fourth wait for you to press any key. Without it you would not be able to see what's happened.

[HOWTO] create the file, open notepad, copy paste the code above and then save as StopEAspy.bat (.bat is very important, it makes the file executable as a command batch).

Double clicking on the .bat file will execute the script.

Have fun!

(cm edit - updated thread)

EDIT:

On EAapp 12.200.0-5457 I do not have the issue anymore.

[EA_Shepard · Accepted solution]

Hey Everyone,

The EABackgroundService runs in the background so the EA app can run automatic app updates and download game updates in the background. 

If you'd rather not have it running, you can disable automatic app updates and background game updates in the EA app settings. 

To disable automatic Application updates: 

1. Click the Menu icon (3 horizontal lines) at the top left of the EA app window
2. Click Settings
3. Click the Application tab
4. Click the toggle next to Application Updates as shown in the image below: 

To disable background game updates: 

1. Click the Menu icon (3 horizontal lines) at the top left of the EA app window
2. Click Settings
3. Click the Download tab
4. Click the toggle next to Enable background downloads as shown in the image below

Once these settings are disabled, the EABackgroundService will automatically end after you've shut down the app. Please note: there will be a minute or two delays before the process ends once you've closed the app. 

[GuigEspritDuSage]

I added a delay line into the script.

If not, the verification was made before the service could ave been closed.

[GuigEspritDuSage]

Upgraded code.

[EA_Shepard · Accepted solution]

Hey Everyone,

The EABackgroundService runs in the background so the EA app can run automatic app updates and download game updates in the background. 

If you'd rather not have it running, you can disable automatic app updates and background game updates in the EA app settings. 

To disable automatic Application updates: 

1. Click the Menu icon (3 horizontal lines) at the top left of the EA app window
2. Click Settings
3. Click the Application tab
4. Click the toggle next to Application Updates as shown in the image below: 

To disable background game updates: 

1. Click the Menu icon (3 horizontal lines) at the top left of the EA app window
2. Click Settings
3. Click the Download tab
4. Click the toggle next to Enable background downloads as shown in the image below

Once these settings are disabled, the EABackgroundService will automatically end after you've shut down the app. Please note: there will be a minute or two delays before the process ends once you've closed the app. 

[GuigEspritDuSage]

Everything was disabled and I still had the background app running if I did not stop it manually.

But the last upgrade seems to have solve the problem and now the service stop by itself a few seconds after I close the EAapp.

[TheStonedSpider]

I know this is an older thread, but I wanted to say that I just tried this and it did stop the ea background service but not the rest of the EA app that stays online when you force the ea app closed. I also wanted to add that you can just right click on the windows bar and click on task manager and then right click on the ea stuff and click on end task.

[TheStonedSpider]

In response to EA_Shephard I tried this and this DID NOT  shut down the ea background service. I had to manually shut it down in task manager along with the other ea app stuff still running after I closed the ea app. I know it tries to stay in the tray minimized so I forced the ea app to quit from system tray and the background service along with the other crap was still running.

[7thMuse]

100% fits the definition of malware. Nothing will convince me this isn’t a back door into the systems to hunt for justified sailors of sailboats. No matter what Shepherd says