# How I simply stop my app

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/how-i-simply-stop-my-app/9233>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/how-i-simply-stop-my-app/9233 "2022-12-07T15:02:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![xalienxx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/xalienxx/32/5538_2.png) [@xalienxx](https://community.fly.io/u/xalienxx)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/how-i-simply-stop-my-app/9233/1 "2022-12-07T15:02:37Z")

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I want to temporarily pause or stop my app without distroy or delete. How do I do that?

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**Author:** ![rubys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/rubys/32/16907_2.png) [@rubys](https://community.fly.io/u/rubys)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/how-i-simply-stop-my-app/9233/2 "2022-12-07T15:18:10Z")

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See [Can't suspend/scale to 0 without payment info?](https://community.fly.io/t/cant-suspend-scale-to-0-without-payment-info/6362) for the recommended way, and limitation.