# Pausing and resuming

Sometimes, you need to stop a campaign from running, such as:

- Changes to campaign logic
- Data issues preventing the latest data from being included
- Issues with the creative or ad hoc campaigns taking priority over other campaigns scheduled to run

You can pause and resume a campaign in the Orbit journey builder to minimise risk and adapt to changing needs.

## Pausing a campaign

Once published, a campaign follows the schedule set during creation.

In this example, the campaign is published on a weekly schedule and is due to run.

To pause the campaign:

1. Click the **option** button in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. Click **Pause**.
3. When prompted, click **Pause** to confirm.

The campaign is now tagged as paused. The Resume button replaces the Pause button for when you need to restart it.

## Resuming a campaign

If no updates to the campaign journey or schedule are needed, you can resume it as required.

To resume a campaign:

1. Click the **option** button in the top-right corner of the screen.
2. When prompted, click **Resume** to confirm.

The campaign is now live and tagged as successful.

> [!NOTE]
>
> If your campaign was moved to edit mode but no changes are needed, exit edit mode using the option button in the top-right corner. This returns you to the draft view. Use the draft/live dropdown to switch to the paused version.
>
> See [Live and draft campaign modes](<https://help.apteco.com/en/orbit/campaigns/using-campaigns/live-and-draft-campaign-modes/index.md>).

## Viewing paused campaigns

You can find paused campaigns on the Campaigns tab, identified by a paused tag.

Even if you created a campaign with a recurring schedule, **No Next Run** remains blank when paused. Once resumed, the next scheduled run is shown.