Delete a Terminal Services Connection

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

You can delete a connection on the terminal server.

For more information about sending a message to a user connected to a terminal server, see the topic "Send a Message to a User" in the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Manager Help.

Use the following procedure to delete a connection on the terminal server.

Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at Local and Domain Default Groups (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477).

To delete a connection on the terminal server

1. Open Terminal Services Configuration. To open Terminal Services Configuration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Terminal Services, and then click Terminal Services Configuration.

2. Under Connections, click the name of the connection—for example, RDP-Tcp—that you want to delete.

3. On the Action menu, click Delete, and then click Yes. The connection is immediately disabled, and all users using that connection will be immediately disconnected from the terminal server.

   Users will not be able to reconnect to their sessions until you create a new connection that uses the same connection protocol and network adapter as the connection that was deleted. For more information about creating a new connection, see Create a Terminal Services Connection.

You can temporarily prevent users from connecting to the terminal server by doing either of the following:

• Disabling a connection on the terminal server. For more information, see Disable a Terminal Services Connection.

• Denying new logons to the terminal server. For more information, see Deny New User Logons to a Terminal Server.

Additional references

• Managing Terminal Services Connections