---
description: 'Stops running containers without removing them. '
keywords:
- fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli, stop
menu:
  main:
    identifier: stop.compose
    parent: smn_compose_cli
title: stop
---

# stop

```
Usage: stop [options] [SERVICE...]

Options:
-t, --timeout TIMEOUT      Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds (default: 10).
```

Stops running containers without removing them. They can be started again with
`docker-compose start`.