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description: Temporarily stop scheduled backups on demand and restart them when you’re ready. While scheduled backups are inactive, on-demand backups and other app features remain available.
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# Pause Scheduled Backups

Temporarily stop scheduled backups on demand and restart them when you’re ready. While scheduled backups are inactive, on-demand backups and other app features remain available.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience.

**Who:** To use this feature, users need the Run Backup permission.

**How:** From the Backup and Recover Next app, click the Settings tab, then Schedule. Set Scheduled Backups to Inactive.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Pause Scheduled Backups](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.backup_recover_pause_backups.htm&language=en_US)