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title: Pause and resume monitors
description: >-
  Learn how to pause and resume monitors individually or in bulk during
  maintenance or deployments without deleting them.
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
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You can suspend a monitor without deleting it, for example during maintenance or a deployment.

## Interactive tutorial

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## Step-by-step guide

## Pause a monitor

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the menu">
    On the **Monitors** page, click **...** next to the active monitor.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Pause">
    Select **Pause**. The status changes to **Paused**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Resume a monitor

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the menu">
    Click **...** next to the paused monitor.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Resume">
    Select **Resume**. The monitor resumes its execution cycle.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Manage multiple monitors in bulk

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enable selection">
    Click **Select** to enter multi-selection mode.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Pause in bulk">
    Select the relevant monitors and click the pause icon.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Resume in bulk">
    Select the paused monitors and click the resume icon.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What's next?

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create monitors" icon="plus" href="/guides/monitors-create-delete">
    Set up new monitors for your tests.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Manage alerts" icon="bell" href="/guides/alerts-manage">
    Get notified when a monitor detects a problem.
  </Card>
</Columns>