# Pausing a campaign

Want to stop any further emails from being sent? Mailmeteor lets you pause your campaigns temporarily or cancel them permanently. Here's how to do it.

## How to pause a campaign?

1. Open [Mailmeteor Dashboard](https://dashboard.mailmeteor.com/).
2. Go to **Campaigns**.

    <figure><img src="https://mailmeteor.com/assets/docs/campaigns-menu.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Campaigns menu"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3. Select an ongoing or scheduled campaign.

    <figure><img src="https://mailmeteor.com/assets/docs/select-campaign.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Select ongoing campaign "><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4. Go to **Actions** and select **Pause sending**.

    <figure><img src="https://mailmeteor.com/assets/docs/pause-sending.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Pause sending"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

5. To confirm, click **Pause**.

    <figure><img src="https://mailmeteor.com/assets/docs/pause-campaign.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Temporarily pause a campaign in Mailmeteor"><figcaption><p>Confirm to pause campaign</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
If your campaign contains follow-ups, please read the next section on [what happens when you pause a campaign](#what-happens-when-you-pause-a-campaign).
{% endhint %}

## What happens when you pause a campaign?

All emails in this campaign are paused and will not be sent until the campaign is resumed.

If your campaign contains **follow-ups**, please consider the following:

* When you pause a campaign, follow-ups are paused and won't be sent.
* When you resume, follow-ups that are scheduled in the future will be sent.&#x20;
* However, follow-ups that missed their deadlines (e.g., 3 days later) won't be sent.

The reason behind this is that when you define a delay (e.g., 3 days later), if that period of time has passed, Mailmeteor is uncertain of what to do with the follow-up and defaults to cancel it.

## How to resume a campaign?

You can resume a paused campaign whenever you want. To do so, open your campaign and click the **Actions** button. From there, select **Resume sending** and click **Resume campaign** to confirm.