# Stopping an Amazon ECS task
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If you no longer need to keep a standalone task running, you can stop the task. The Amazon ECS console makes it easy to stop one or more tasks.

You can't restart a standalone stopped task.

If you want to stop a service, see [Deleting an Amazon ECS service using the console](delete-service-v2.md).

**To stop a standalone task (AWS Management Console)**

1. Open the console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ecs/v2).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Clusters**.

1. On the **Clusters** page, choose the cluster to navigate to the cluster details page.

1. On the cluster detail page, choose the **Tasks** tab. 

1. You can filter tasks by launch type using the **Filter launch type** list.    
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/standalone-task-stop.html)