---
title: "Pausing and Enabling Your Ads"
url: "https://support.publishingperformance.com/en/article/pausing-and-enabling-your-ads"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2024-04-15T23:54:38.886Z"
---

# Pausing and Enabling Your Ads

You can pause or enable your ads from either your Dashboard or your My Books page.

## Understanding Your Ads Status

You can see if a campaign is active or paused from both the dashboard and your My Books page.

**Dashboard**

On your dashboard there is a bubble in the top left corner of each book stating the status

**My Books**

In your My Books page, there is a column stating the status for each book.

> Please note only ads created in Publishing Performance can be paused or enabled. [Learn more.](https://support.publishingperformance.com/en/article/existing-amazon-advertising-campaign-reports)

## Pausing an Ad From the Dashboard

1\. Head to your [**Dashboard**](https://app.publishingperformance.com/dashboard)

2\. In the **Your Books** section, find the book you would like to edit

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/bca9f09c-0fe9-4b89-9905-174690cf7f28)

3\. Select the **Pause Campaign** button

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/61872abe-c4a4-495d-a416-990474582ec4)

4\. You will be asked to confirm, if you are sure you want to proceed select **Yes, pause it!**

5\. Your campaign is now Paused

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/6562aa9b-5eea-48d3-9150-a95ef6cd2a81)

## Pausing an Ad From Your My Books Page

1\. Head to [My Books](https://app.publishingperformance.com/my-books)

2\. In the table, find the book you would like to pause.

3\. Click the 3 dots and the end of the table, and click **Pause Campaign**

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/f5b60f7b-0b9c-4eb4-9d51-233f031f7391)

4\. Click **Yes, pause it!**

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/d1473a10-ec63-480b-bcbd-2ec70a5dfe56)

5\. Your ad is now paused

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/d104b288-ea11-4a74-b481-e0e359a2f49b)

## Re-Enable a Paused Ad

Re-enabling a paused ad can be done from your [My Books](https://app.publishingperformance.com/my-books) page.

1\. Head to [My Books](https://app.publishingperformance.com/my-books)

2\. In the table, find the book you would like to re-enable.

3\. Click the 3 dots and the end of the table, and click **Enable Campaign**![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/d8903281-12b7-42b8-be67-d57a2efd21dc)

4\. Click **Yes, enable it!**

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/9c3ce5d7-02ef-420d-aa21-f7939bb4d2eb)

4\. Your ad is now enabled 

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/4c2e8084-92ed-4e66-afca-30546eba6ef0)