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title: Pause or Disable a Popup
description: "If you ever need to temporarily *turn off* a popup without deleting it or without deactivating Popup Maker, you can disable it with 1 click! Here are 2 ways to pause or disable your popups. ## Option 1: The Easiest…"
url: "https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/manage-features-or-options/pause-or-disable-a-popup/"
updated: "2024-12-24"
category: How To / Manage Features or Options
---

# Pause or Disable a Popup

If you ever need to temporarily *turn off* a popup without deleting it or without deactivating Popup Maker, you can disable it with 1 click!

Here are 2 ways to pause or disable your popups.

## Option 1: The Easiest Way to Disable a Popup

Toggling the **Enabled** switch is the easiest way to disable a popup. You can toggle the **Enabled** switch on the **All Popups** or **Popup Editor** page.

### Disable a Popup From the All Popups Page

**Step 1**: From your WordPress admin area, go to **Popup Maker** > **All Popups**.

**Step 2**: Click the toggle switch for the popup you want to turn off so that it slides to the left and the button turns black. Using the example below, the second popup (General COVID-19 Popup) is turned off.

Once the popup is disabled from the **All Popups** page, it won't display on your site even if you try to [trigger](https://wppopupmaker.com/docs/getting-started/popup-maker-glossary-of-terms/#popup-trigger) it.

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In the screen capture above:

- The General Test Popup is enabled (can display).
- The General COVID-19 Popup is disabled (cannot display).
- The General Cookie Test is in *draft* and not published (cannot display).

### Disable a Popup From the Popup Editor Page

**Step 1**: From the **Popup Maker** > **All Popups** page, click on a popup name to edit it.

**Step 2**: Look for the **Popup Enabled** toggle in the popup's **Publish** settings. If your popup is published and enabled, you'll see the toggle button slid over to the right with a green background color. See below.

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**Step 3**: Click on the **Popup Enabled** toggle to disable the popup. The toggle button should look like this when the popup is disabled.

![file](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/559c68b9e4b03e788eda1692/images/6252d800c069d23f59c29f12/file-dPHqQxUGGf.png)

**Step 4**: Click the blue **Update** button to save your changes.

## Option 2: Change a Popup from Published to Draft

The second way you can disable a popup is by changing its status back to Draft. This option has more steps and is not as intuitive as using the  **Enabled** toggle (option 1).

You can change your popup to **Draft** using **Quick Edit** on the **All Popups** page or by editing the popup's **Status** field on the **Popup Editor** page.

### Change a Popup to Draft From the All Popups Page

**Step 1**: Hover over the name of the popup you want to disable and click **Quick Edit**.

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**Step 2**: Click the **Status** field and select **Draft**.

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**Step 2**: Click **Update** to save your change. You'll see the **Draft** status after the popup name and "Popup not published" in the popup's **Enabled** column when you're done.

![file](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/559c68b9e4b03e788eda1692/images/62535677598ffc26084a3b7f/file-h1po4bxqKB.png)

### Change a Popup to Draft From the Popup Editor Page

**Step 1**: From the Popup Maker > All Popups page, click on a popup name to edit it.

**Step 2**: Look for the **Status** field in the popup's Publish settings. If your popup is published and enabled, the **Status** will be **Published** and you'll see the toggle button slid over to the right with a green background color.

**Step 3**: Click the **Edit** link next to **Published** and select **Draft** from the dropdown, then click **OK**.

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**Step 4**: Click **Save Draft** to save any changes. 

Your popup's **Publish** settings should now show **Draft** next to the **Status** field. The **Popup Enabled** field should be gone and the **Update** button turns into a **Publish** button.

To keep the popup disabled, leave  **Visibility** as **Public** and don't click **Publish**.

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