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# Pausing instance group processes

If you want to suspend the instance group [update](../../concepts/instance-groups/deploy/index.md), [automatic recovery](../../concepts/instance-groups/autohealing.md), and [scaling](../../concepts/instance-groups/policies/scale-policy.md) processes, pause them. This will not stop the VM instances.

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You cannot pause an instance group that is being deleted. Also, you cannot run any operations for paused instance groups.

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To pause instance group processes:
 
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- Management console {#console}

  1. In the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud), open the folder containing the instance group in question.
  1. Navigate to **Compute Cloud**.
  1. In the left-hand panel, select ![image](../../../_assets/console-icons/layers-3-diagonal.svg) **Instance groups**.
  1. In the line with the instance group, click ![image](../../../_assets/console-icons/ellipsis.svg) and select **Pause**.
  1. In the window that opens, click **Pause**.

- API {#api}

  Use the [pauseProcesses](../../instancegroup/api-ref/InstanceGroup/pauseProcesses.md) REST API method for the [InstanceGroup](../../instancegroup/api-ref/InstanceGroup/index.md) resource or the [InstanceGroupService/PauseProcesses](../../instancegroup/api-ref/grpc/InstanceGroup/pauseProcesses.md) gRPC API call.

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