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title: "Halting Restore"
description: "The Halt action interrupts plan execution. Any steps currently executing will be completed, then the plan will enter the HALTED state. To learn how to work with HALTED restore plans, see Managing Halted Plans."
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# Halting Restore

The **Halt** action interrupts plan execution. Any steps currently executing will be completed, then the plan will enter the *HALTED* state. To learn how to work with *HALTED* restore plans, see [Managing Halted Plans](managing_halted_restore_plans.md).

To stop a running restore plan:

1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
2. Select the plan and click **Halt**.
3. In the **Halt Plan Execution** window, do the following:

   1. For security purposes, retype your password and click **Next**.
   2. Review configuration information and click **Halt**.

[![Undoing Failover](images/halt_restore_plan.png "Undoing Failover")](images/halt_restore_plan.png){.toggle scale=65}