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# Pausing/Resuming Monitors

## Pausing Monitors

Temporarily pause specific monitors when needed to avoid notifications, such as during maintenance, and prevent any downtime. You can easily pause the desired monitors either one by one or in bulk.

### Pausing or resuming a single monitor

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* Find the monitor you need to pause.
* Click the monitor actions button on the top-right of the monitor.
* Select the pause action.
* You can follow the same steps for a paused monitor to resume it.

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### Pausing or resuming monitors in bulk

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* Select the monitors you need to pause.
* Click on the actions button.
* Select the pause action to pause all selected monitors at once.
* You can follow the same steps for paused monitors to resume them.


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