---
title: "Stop-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession"
description: "Stops active restore sessions initiated to perform operations with SharePoint databases. Product: Veeam Backup & Replication Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet stops active resto"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/explorers_powershell/stop-vbrsharepointitemrestoresession.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint > Stop-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession"
dateModified: "2026-08-18"
---

# Stop-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession

## Short Description
Stops active restore sessions initiated to perform operations with SharePoint databases.

**Product**: Veeam Backup & Replication

**Product Edition**: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Stop-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession [-Session] <SharePointRestoreSession> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops active restore sessions for Microsoft SharePoint initiated to perform operations with Microsoft SharePoint databases.

::: note

- You can stop restore sessions that are created in the PowerShell console only.
- The cmdlet will stop sessions that are initiated within the same PowerShell session only.
- Restore sessions will not stop automatically if you close the PowerShell console without stopping the restore session first.

:::

## 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">Session</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a restore session that you want to stop.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrsharepointrestoresession.md"><code>SharePointRestoreSession</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrsharepointitemrestoresession.md"><code>Get-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SharePointRestoreSession</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</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 Docs.

## Examples

::: example
### Stopping Restore Session

This example shows how to stop a restore session for Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint.

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

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession`](get-vbrsharepointitemrestoresession.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
2. Run the `Stop-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession` cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `Session` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession`](get-vbrsharepointitemrestoresession.md)