---
title: "Stop-VBORestoreSession"
description: "This cmdlet stops a specific restore session."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/powershell/stop-vborestoresession.html"
breadcrumb: "PowerShell Reference > Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference > Restore Sessions > Stop-VBORestoreSession"
dateModified: "2026-08-21"
---

# Stop-VBORestoreSession

## Short Description
Stops Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 restore sessions.

## Syntax
```
Stop-VBORestoreSession -Session <VBORestoreSession> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops a specific restore session.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <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">Session</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a restore session that you want to stop.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vborestoresession.md"><code>VBORestoreSession</code></a> object.</p><p>To get this object, run the <a href="get-vborestoresession.md"><code>Get-VBORestoreSession</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vborestoresession.md"><code>VBORestoreSession</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Confirm</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will display a prompt that asks if the user is sure that he wants to continue.</p><p>Default: <em>True</em></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">WhatIf</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will write a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.</p><p>Default: <em>False</em></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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
### Stopping Restore Session

This example shows how to stop the restore session.

```
$session = Get-VBORestoreSession
Stop-VBORestoreSession -Session $session
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBORestoreSession`](get-vborestoresession.md) cmdlet to get the restore session you want to stop. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
2. Run the `Stop-VBORestoreSession` cmdlet with the `$session` variable.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBORestoreSession`](get-vborestoresession.md)