{"id":"data-transfers.stop-a-scheduled-transfer","url":"/faq/data-transfers/stop-a-scheduled-transfer","category":{"id":"data-transfers","title":"Data Transfers"},"subcategory":{"id":"scheduling","title":"Scheduling transfers"},"question":"How do I stop a scheduled transfer from running again?","alt_questions":["delete a recurring transfer","turn off a transfer schedule","cancel scheduled sync storage studio","remove a repeating transfer","stop automatic sync"],"short_answer":"Remove the original entry for that transfer (the first one, which holds the schedule). Removing a later run only clears that run. Clear completed also removes original entries, which stops their schedules.","answer_markdown":"Remove the **original** entry for that transfer — the first one you created, which holds the schedule. Select it in Data Transfers and click **Remove** (it appears once that entry has finished, failed or been cancelled; cancel it first if it's still running).\n\nRemoving one of the later scheduled runs only removes that run from the history; the schedule carries on.\n\nNote that **Clear completed** also removes finished entries, including a schedule's original entry, so it stops those schedules too. If you want to keep a schedule, remove individual old runs instead.\n\nRelated: [Change a transfer's schedule](/faq/data-transfers/change-a-transfers-schedule) · [Clear completed](/faq/data-transfers/clear-completed-transfers)","answer_html":"

Remove the original entry for that transfer — the first one you created, which holds the schedule. Select it in Data Transfers and click Remove (it appears once that entry has finished, failed or been cancelled; cancel it first if it's still running).

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Removing one of the later scheduled runs only removes that run from the history; the schedule carries on.

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Note that Clear completed also removes finished entries, including a schedule's original entry, so it stops those schedules too. If you want to keep a schedule, remove individual old runs instead.

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Related: Change a transfer's schedule · Clear completed

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Data Transfers · Scheduling transfers

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How do I stop a scheduled transfer from running again?

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Short answer: Remove the original entry for that transfer (the first one, which holds the schedule). Removing a later run only clears that run. Clear completed also removes original entries, which stops their schedules.

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Remove the original entry for that transfer — the first one you created, which holds the schedule. Select it in Data Transfers and click Remove (it appears once that entry has finished, failed or been cancelled; cancel it first if it's still running).

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Removing one of the later scheduled runs only removes that run from the history; the schedule carries on.

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Note that Clear completed also removes finished entries, including a schedule's original entry, so it stops those schedules too. If you want to keep a schedule, remove individual old runs instead.

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Related: Change a transfer's schedule · Clear completed

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