Running the below script will output the T-Sql required to disable all enabled jobs on the SQL Server instance where the job name contains a specific keyword. Just copy the outputted text and paste into a new SSMS window and execute to disable the jobs.
For example, if you change the text value ‘PLACEHOLDER’, for the variable @KeyWord, to ‘Backup’ then any job which has ‘Backup’ in its name will have T-Sql generated to disable it. You could change the PRINT to EXEC but I wouldn’t recommend it.
DECLARE @KeyWord AS VARCHAR(256) SET @KeyWord = 'PLACEHOLDER' SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @Job TABLE (JobName SYSNAME) DECLARE @JobName AS SYSNAME DECLARE @Sql AS VARCHAR(MAX) SET @JobName = '' INSERT INTO @Job (JobName) SELECT j.NAME FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs AS j WHERE j.[enabled] = 1 AND j.NAME LIKE '%' + @KeyWord + '%' ORDER BY j.NAME ASC WHILE @JobName IS NOT NULL BEGIN SET @JobName = ( SELECT MIN(JobName) FROM @Job WHERE JobName > @JobName ) SET @Sql = ' EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = ' + '''' + @JobName + '''' + ' ,@enabled = 0; ' PRINT @Sql END