# To temporarily disable a flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** flow\ **Created:** [March 5, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075 "2025-03-05T04:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djvagnetti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/djvagnetti/32/124744_2.png) [@djvagnetti](https://community.homey.app/u/djvagnetti)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/1 "2025-03-05T04:13:22Z")
I have lately been running into this issue. With lights in particular; I have a perfectly working flow and for some reason (life happens) and I need to disable or interrupt the flow because I just need that light to be on all night on that particular instance. I was thinking about creating a flow within the HUE module that disables and enables the flow based on some sequence of on/off within a specified time. I just wanted to know how you and others deal with these issues and what are “best practices”. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/2 "2025-03-05T04:49:27Z")
If you want to control it from within the Homey app then you could setup a virtual button to either disable/enable the Flow or use as a condition in the Flows. I have created a virtual button for “Guest staying” that I check within the Flows to disable opening the study / guest bedroom blind at sunrise. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_Henderson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andy_henderson/32/80642_2.png) [@Andy\_Henderson](https://community.homey.app/u/Andy_Henderson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/3 "2025-03-05T11:04:40Z")
Or, if you don’t need the UI of a virtual button, just use a boolean variable and set it through the Homey app. Andy ---
**Author:** ![djvagnetti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/djvagnetti/32/124744_2.png) [@djvagnetti](https://community.homey.app/u/djvagnetti)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/4 "2025-03-05T12:09:55Z")
Thank you very much to both of you…I am afraid I have never created a virtual button before, could you be so kind to point me in the right direction to the resources? I will appreciate it very much 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johanp/32/119002_2.png) [@JohanP](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanP)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/5 "2025-03-05T13:15:42Z")
But a virtual Button is much easyer to flip than an variable. Button : Open App, click ‘devices’ (if not a fav), then click button On/Off Variable: Open App, click ‘More…’, click ‘variable’, select variable, change variable, save variable ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/to-temporarily-disable-a-flow/132075/6 "2025-03-05T13:19:45Z")
You can either enable Virtual Devices in the Experiments section of the app settings or use one of the store apps such as Virtual Devices. You then add a virtual button as you would any other device. The Virtual button just triggers a Flow via a normal device trigger card that you can use to switch other devices on / off or set a variable. You can also check the state of the Virtual switch with an And card.