bitsadmin setdescription

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Sets the description for the specified job.

Syntax

bitsadmin /setdescription <job> <description>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
job	The job's display name or GUID.
description	Text used to describe the job.

Examples

To retrieve the description for the job named myDownloadJob:

bitsadmin /setdescription myDownloadJob music_downloads

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• bitsadmin command