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# Manually stop an auction

Normally, an auction ends automatically at the scheduled end time.\
But sometimes you may want to stop an auction early. For example, if there’s a pricing mistake or you want to pause bidding.

This guide shows you how to manually stop an auction and what happens after you stop it.

Before you start

* You must have at least one auction created
* The auction should be **Running** or **Pending** (scheduled)

### 🛠️ **Steps to s**top an auction

 1\. Open the app > click **Auctions**

 2\. Tick to checkbox of the auction you want to delete

3\. Click **Stop auction**

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4\. On the confirmation popup, you can tick to **Also select a winner** checkbox to choose a winner right away and click **Yes, Stop it anyway button**

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### ✅ What happens after you stop an auction?

When you manually stop an auction:

* The auction status becomes **Stopped**
* Customers can no longer place bids
* The auction widget on the product page is hidden

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### ▶️ Tutorial video&#x20;

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