---
title: "Disable-VBOJob"
description: "This cmdlet temporarily disables the specified backup job. The backup job and its settings will remain in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. You can enable the job at any time by running the Enable-VBOJob cmdlet."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/disable-vbojob.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Data Backup > Managing Backup Jobs > Disable-VBOJob"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Disable-VBOJob

## Short Description
Temporarily disables a backup job.

## Syntax
```
Disable-VBOJob -Job <VBOJob> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet temporarily disables the specified backup job. The backup job and its settings will remain in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. You can enable the job at any time by running the [`Enable-VBOJob`](enable-vbojob.md) cmdlet.

## Parameters

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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Job</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a backup job that you want to disable.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbojob.md"><code>VBOJob</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbojob.md"><code>Get-VBOJob</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbojob.md"><code>VBOJob</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Examples

::: example
### Disabling Backup Job

This example shows how to disable a backup job.

```
$job = Get-VBOJob -Name "ABC Backup"
Disable-VBOJob -Job $job
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOJob`](get-vbojob.md) cmdlet to get the backup job that you want to disable. Save the result to the `$job` variable.
2. Run the `Disable-VBOJob` cmdlet with the `$job` variable.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBOJob`](get-vbojob.md)
- [`Enable-VBOJob`](enable-vbojob.md)