# Stopping an Amazon ECS task
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If you no longer need to keep a standalone task running, you can stop the task. The Amazon ECS console makes it easy to stop one or more tasks.

You can't restart a standalone stopped task.

If you want to stop a service, see [Deleting an Amazon ECS service using the console](delete-service-v2.md).

**To stop a standalone task (AWS Management Console)**

1. Open the console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Clusters**.

1. On the **Clusters** page, choose the cluster to navigate to the cluster details page.

1. On the cluster detail page, choose the **Tasks** tab. 

1. You can filter tasks by launch type using the **Filter launch type** list.


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  <tr><th>Tasks to stop</th><th>Steps</th><th></th></tr>
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  <tr><td>One or more</td><td> <ol><li> Select the tasks, and then choose <b>Stop</b>, <b>Stop selected</b>. </li><li> On the <b>Stop task confirmation page</b>, choose <b>Stop</b> </li></ol> </td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>All</td><td>  If you choose to stop all tasks using the console, Amazon ECS stops all standalone tasks and tasks that are part of a service. Therefore, we recommend caution when using this option.  <ol><li> Choose <b>Stop</b>, <b>Stop all</b>. </li><li> On the <b>Stop task confirmation page</b>, enter <b>Stop all tasks</b>, and then choose <b>Stop</b>. </li></ol> </td><td></td></tr>
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