bitsadmin setmaxdownloadtime

• 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 download timeout in seconds.

Syntax

bitsadmin /setmaxdownloadtime <job> <timeout>

Parameters

Parameter	Description
job	The job's display name or GUID.
timeout	The length for the download timeout, in seconds.

Examples

To set the timeout for the job named myDownloadJob to 10 seconds.

bitsadmin /setmaxdownloadtime myDownloadJob 10

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• bitsadmin command