How do I uninstall and reinstall the MathWorks Service Host?

How do I uninstall and reinstall the MathWorks Service Host?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

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. In order to reinstall the MathWorks Service Host please download and run the MathWorks Service Host re-installer found below: 

MathWorks Service Host Re-installer 

When running the MathWorks Service Host Re-installer, ensure that you are running it as the user who will be using MATLAB. Additionally, you may need to provide the executable execute permissions on Linux and macOS by running: 

chmod +x ReinstallMathWorksServiceHost

Download Links:

Windows

Linux

Intel Mac 

Apple Silicon Mac

Manual Re-installation: 

If the re-installer does not work, or you are attempting it on an offline machine, you will need to proceed with a manual re-installation. Please see the steps 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, collect the MathWorks Service Host logs and Contact Support

To collect the MathWorks Service Host logs, refer to the following article.

Where are the log files located for installation, activation, Network License Manager, and the Service Host?

[pankaj singh]

thanks the issues has been resolved