Enable-Disable Timer Jobs using PowerShell in SharePoint

Timer jobs perform specific tasks in SharePoint through Windows Timer service, such as sending email alerts at a scheduled time. In SharePoint Central Administration site you can check the timer jobs, disable or enable specific timer jobs.

PowerShell Script to Check Timer Job Status:

#Function to Check Timer job status
Function Get-TimerJobStatus($TimerJobName)
{
    $TimerJob = Get-SPTimerJob | Where-Object { $_.displayname -like $TimerJobName } 
    if($TimerJob -eq $null)
    {
        Write-host "Timer job not found!" -ForegroundColor Red
        return
    }
    $TimerJobDisabled = $TimerJob | Select -ExpandProperty IsDisabled
    if($TimerJobDisabled)
    {
        Write-host "Timer Job is Disabled!"  -ForegroundColor Yellow
    }
    else
    {
        Write-host "Timer Job is Enabled!"  -ForegroundColor Green
    }
    
}

$TimerJobName="My Site Cleanup Job"
Get-TimerJobStatus $TimerJobName

How to Disable a Timer job in SharePoint?
To disable a timer job, Head on to Central Administration >> Monitoring >> Timer Jobs >> Review job definitions >> pick your target from the list of timer jobs in SharePoint 2013 >> Click on "Disable" button to disable a Timer job.

Disable SharePoint timer job using PowerShell

#Function to Disable a Timer job
Function Disable-TimerJob($TimerJobName)
{
    $TimerJob = Get-SPTimerJob | Where-Object { $_.displayname -like $TimerJobName } 
    if($TimerJob -eq $null)
    {
        Write-host "Timer job not found!" -ForegroundColor Red
        return
    }
    $TimerJobDisabled = $TimerJob | Select -ExpandProperty IsDisabled
    if($TimerJobDisabled)
    {
        Write-host "Timer Job is already Disabled!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    }
    else
    {
        $TimerJob | Disable-SPTimerJob 
        Write-host "Timer Job Disabled!" -ForegroundColor Green
    }
    
}

#Timer job name to disable
$TimerJobName="My Site Cleanup Job"

#Call the function to Disable Timer job
Disable-TimerJob $TimerJobName

Activate timer job in SharePoint:
To activate a disabled timer job, Go to:

• Central Administration >> Monitoring >> Timer Jobs 
• Review job definitions >> pick your target from the list of timer jobs in SharePoint 2013 
• Click on "Enable" button to activate the timer job.

This enables the disabled timer job in SharePoint 2013.

SharePoint enable timer job with PowerShell:

#Function to Enable a Timer job
Function Enable-TimerJob($TimerJobName)
{
    $TimerJob = Get-SPTimerJob | Where-Object { $_.displayname -like $TimerJobName } 
    if($TimerJob -eq $null)
    {
        Write-host "Timer job not found!" -ForegroundColor Red
        return
    }
    $TimerJobDisabled = $TimerJob | Select -ExpandProperty IsDisabled
    if($TimerJobDisabled)
    {
        $TimerJob | Enable-SPTimerJob 
        Write-host "Timer Job Enabled!" -ForegroundColor Green
    }
    else
    {
        Write-host "Timer Job is Already Enabled!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    }    
}

#Timer job name to Enable
$TimerJobName="My Site Cleanup Job"

#Call the function to Enable Timer job
Enable-TimerJob $TimerJobName 

This activates timer job in SharePoint 2010 with PowerShell.