# Port not freed on stopping the appium server 2.0.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues/Bugs\ **Created:** [July 27, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/port-not-freed-on-stopping-the-appium-server-2-0-1/39790 "2023-07-27T11:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![wreed](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@wreed](https://discuss.appium.io/u/wreed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/port-not-freed-on-stopping-the-appium-server-2-0-1/39790/4 "2023-07-28T15:49:57Z")
> [@Aditya\_Anand2](#): > > is there any simplified way to shut down the server and restart the server without killing a process using port number? Sure, here are a number of ways to do so: control + c pkill -9 -f appium killall -KILL node You may eventually find it easier to stop the Appium server from your code. This is a good place to find such info: > [@Launching and stopping appium server programmtically](https://discuss.appium.io/t/launching-and-stopping-appium-server-programmtically/700/2): > > [Update] For a complete updated guide with code example, please refer to [this](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/startstop-appium-server-programmatically-using-java-hassan-radi). @karthik_holla I am gonna use Java and Windows to help explain that to you, you can use the equivalent of that in your preferred language/OS: To start Appium server programmatically, you need the following: Command executor tool (I prefer the second approach as it will handle most of the OS specific problems on your behalf): Java’s built-in [Process](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Process.html) class. [Apache Commons Exec](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-exec/). Tell the tool what program you n… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.appium.io/t/port-not-freed-on-stopping-the-appium-server-2-0-1/39790)._