The MathWorks Service Host is a critical required part of the MathWorks software installed on your machine. If you encounter startup issues, uninstalling and reinstalling the MathWorks Service Host may resolve these issues. Follow the workflow below.
Note:
MATLAB itself should not be uninstalled and reinstalled when performing the workflows below.
1. Shut Down MATLAB
We first need to close out any MATLAB sessions; please save your work and shutdown MATLAB before proceeding.
2. Uninstall the MathWorks Service Host
Run the following operating system commands to end the MathWorksServiceHost process and delete its installation directories.
Windows
Open Command Prompt by searching for it from the Windows Start menu. Then, run each of these commands one at a time:
Taskkill /IM MathWorksServiceHost.exe /F
rd /s /q %localappdata%\MathWorks\ServiceHost %localappdata%\MathWorks\MATLABConnector
macOS
Open the Terminal app by searching for it in Spotlight Search. Spotlight Search is the magnifying glass in the top-right corner of your macOS screen. Then, run each of these commands one at a time:
killall MathWorksServiceHost
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/MathWorks/ServiceHost ~/Library/Application\ Support/MathWorks/MATLABConnector
Linux
Open a terminal window. The way to open a terminal window depends on your Linux distribution. Then, run each of these commands one at a time:
killall MATLAB MathWorksServiceHost
rm -rf ~/.MathWorks/ServiceHost ~/.MATLABConnector
3. Restart MATLAB
To see if your issue has been resolved, try starting MATLAB.
If you are still running into errors after trying the above,
