# How to pause your website monitor

Follow these steps to pause a website monitor in IsDown.

1. **Go to "Website Monitors"**
   * Navigate to the **Website Monitors** section from the sidebar menu.
2. **Find Your Monitor**
   * You'll see a list of monitors associated with your current profile.
3. **Hover Over the "Active" Button**
   * Locate the monitor you want to pause.
   * Hover over the **"Active"** button — a **"Pause"** option will appear.

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4. Click on it to temporarily to pause the monitoring service.
5. After completing the previous step, you will notice that the status has changed from "**Active**" to "**Paused**".&#x20;

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That’s it! Your website monitor is now paused and won’t send alerts until reactivated.

If you have any questions, please reach us via chat or email us at [**support@isdown.app**](mailto:support@isdown.app).

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**Related Articles**

* [**How to Add a Website Monitor**](https://help.isdown.app/website-monitors/how-to-add-a-website-monitor)
* [**How to Remove a Website Monitor**](https://help.isdown.app/website-monitors/how-to-remove-a-website-monitor)
* [**IsDownBot**](https://help.isdown.app/website-monitors/isdownbot)


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