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# Stopping a running process flow

## Introduction

If you [initialise a process flow manually](/product-documentation/process-flows/managing-process-flows/initialising-a-process-flow-manually.md) and want to stop the run, you can use [stop button from the canvas actions bar](/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/the-process-flow-canvas.md#the-actions-bar). However, there may be times where you need to stop a process flow that was triggered to run automatically. You can do this via the [run logs](/product-documentation/process-flows/error-reporting-and-exception-handling/run-logs-and-queue.md) page.

## Demo

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## The steps

To stop a running process flow that was triggered automatically, follow the steps below.

**Step 1**\
Log into the Patchworks dashboard.

**Step 2**\
Select **run logs** from the left-hand navigation menu.

**Step 3**\
Check the status of entries to find the running process flow that you want to stop.

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**Step 4**\
Click the **stop** button associated with the entry that you want to stop:

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**Step 5**\
The process flow is stopped and the status for this run is set to **stopped**.