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# How to Pause or Activate a Workflow

# How to Pause or Activate a Workflow

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to pause or activate a workflow
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Every Workflow is either **Active** (running and responding to matching events) or **Paused** (kept in your account but not running). Pausing is the safe way to stop a Workflow temporarily without deleting it and losing its setup, whether you're reviewing it, waiting out a quiet period, or holding it back until you're ready for it to go live. You can activate it again whenever you like.

## How to pause or activate a workflow
1. Go to **Settings → Workflows**.
2. Find the Workflow in the list. Its current state shows in the **Status** column as **Active** or **Disabled**.
3. In that row's actions, click the **pause** icon to pause an active Workflow, or the **play** icon to activate a paused one.

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The Status column updates to reflect the change. A paused Workflow stays in your list and keeps all its settings, but stops responding to events until you activate it again.

## Things to keep in mind
* A Workflow you build yourself starts out **Active**, so if you're building one you're not ready to run, pause it after saving.
* A Workflow the AI Assistant builds for you is the opposite. It always arrives **Disabled** and does nothing until you activate it here. See *How to Create a Workflow with the AI Assistant*.
* A paused Workflow doesn't respond to any events while it's paused, and it won't retroactively process events that occurred during the pause once you reactivate it.
* Pausing is reversible; deleting is not. Pause when you might want the Workflow again, and delete only when you're sure you're done with it.

## FAQs
**What's the difference between pausing and deleting a Workflow?**
Pausing keeps the Workflow and all its settings but stops it running, and it can be switched back on at any time. Deleting removes it permanently. See *How to delete a workflow*.

**Will a Workflow catch up on events it missed while paused?**
No. Events that happened while a Workflow was paused are not processed after you reactivate it. Only new matching events from that point on will trigger it.

**Where do I see whether a Workflow is running?**
The **Status** column on the Workflows list shows **Active** or **Disabled** for each Workflow.

## Who can do this
Only **Owners** and **Admins** can pause or activate Workflows. **Managers**, **Content Managers**, **People Managers**, **Instructors**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot. Workflows are a paid-plan feature, so the option only appears for accounts where it has been enabled.