---
title: "Stop-VBRInstantRecovery"
description: "Stops running Instant Recovery sessions. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet stops publishing a workload within Instant Recovery processes (including Instant Recovery for first class disks, file"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/stop-vbrinstantrecovery.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Data Recovery > Instant Recovery > Stop-VBRInstantRecovery"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Stop-VBRInstantRecovery

## Short Description
Stops running Instant Recovery sessions.

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

## Syntax
```
Stop-VBRInstantRecovery [-InstantRecovery] <InstantRecovery[]> [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet stops publishing a workload within Instant Recovery processes (including Instant Recovery for first class disks, file shares and so on; does not include Instant Recovery to Microsoft Azure).

With instant recovery technology, Veeam Backup & Replication starts a workload directly from a backup, incremental or full, without copying it to production storage. You need to finalize the successful instant recovery by either migrating the recovered workload to production or by stopping publishing the recovered workload.

## Parameters

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          <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>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">InstantRecovery</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of IDs of the running Instant Recovery sessions that you want to stop.</p><p>Accepts the <code>InstantRecovery[]</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrinstantrecovery.md"><code>Get-VBRInstantRecovery</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
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        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>InstantRecovery[]</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 (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
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        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RunAsync</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.</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 [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Stopping Last Instant Recovery Session

This command stops the last instant recovery session. The needed session object is obtained with [`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md), selected by order and piped down.

```
Get-VBRInstantRecovery | Select -Last 1 | Stop-VBRInstantRecovery
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet. Select the last instant recovery session.
2. Pipe the cmdlet output to the `Stop-VBRInstantRecovery` cmdlet.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Stopping Specific Instant Recovery Session

This command stops a specific instant recovery session.

```
$RecoverySession = Get-VBRInstantRecovery -Id "49664A5F-9C55-4A1F-8E6A-1CD5705A684B"
Stop-VBRInstantRecovery -InstantRecovery $RecoverySession
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$RecoverySession` variable.
2. Run the `Stop-VBRInstantRecovery` cmdlet. Set the `$RecoverySession` variable as the `InstantRecovery` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRInstantRecovery`](get-vbrinstantrecovery.md)