---
description: Pauses running containers for a service.
keywords:
- fig, composition, compose, docker, orchestration, cli, pause
menu:
  main:
    identifier: pause.compose
    parent: smn_compose_cli
title: pause
---

# pause

```
Usage: pause [SERVICE...]
```

Pauses running containers of a service. They can be unpaused with `docker-compose unpause`.