# Pause a flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441 "2018-10-30T09:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christer\_Aslin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Christer\_Aslin](https://community.homey.app/u/Christer_Aslin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/1 "2018-10-30T09:45:53Z")
Why not make it possible to pause a flow? Some time you might want to pause a flow or a group of flows, in my example i’m att call att fire department every three week. during that time i have the heater starts in my car when the temperature in the car drops below 0 and turns of when the temperatur is above 6 degrees. During the time i’m on call i but my beeper on a vibrationdetektor så when the alarm goes of all the lights on my way out is on for 1 minute and the turns of. I would like to pause those flows when i’m not on call, i think every user of Homey has some times found the need to pause a flow aswell. ---
**Author:** ![DaneedeKruyff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daneedekruyff/32/964_2.png) [@DaneedeKruyff](https://community.homey.app/u/DaneedeKruyff)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/2 "2018-10-30T10:30:10Z")
That’s already possible by disabling a flow: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/e/e09d4dcca293a127b702c3f7b5cfa680369ba360.jpeg) Just start typing the name of the flow in the textbox and you can ‘Pause’ any flow To enable it again: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/5/556fd22394945eb5f752543ce4e34dee3a808cc8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Christer\_Aslin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Christer\_Aslin](https://community.homey.app/u/Christer_Aslin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/3 "2018-10-30T11:28:15Z")
Thats one way to do it by letting the flow enable/disable it self. I was more after a button saying enable/disable here. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/b/bb75ef6b54565b2756f1148dced8aabeca4d8a27.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Phuturist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/phuturist/32/49_2.png) [@Phuturist](https://community.homey.app/u/Phuturist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/4 "2018-10-30T11:34:09Z")
> [@Christer\_Aslin](#): > > I was more after a button saying enable/disable here. > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/b/bb75ef6b54565b2756f1148dced8aabeca4d8a27.jpeg) You can right click a flow and disable it. ---
**Author:** ![Christer\_Aslin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Christer\_Aslin](https://community.homey.app/u/Christer_Aslin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/5 "2018-10-30T11:36:40Z")
Ahh thanks Phuturist that was what i was looking for 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raymond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/raymond/32/10027_2.png) [@Raymond](https://community.homey.app/u/Raymond)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/6 "2018-10-30T22:21:23Z")
You can also make a virtual switch (on call or not). If you use it as a criteria in the middle column of the flows, the flow will only be triggered if the switch “on call” is switched on. ---
**Author:** ![Christer\_Aslin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Christer\_Aslin](https://community.homey.app/u/Christer_Aslin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/pause-a-flow/3441/7 "2018-11-01T08:43:23Z")
Thats briliant Raymond that was the solution i was looking for. I havent noticed the virtual devices until you mentioned them. With one switch i control several flows. And not be needed to disable each one of them when i dont want them to run. Thanks.