---
category: questions
description: In which I remind myself how to suspend a Kubernetes cronjob
slug: kubes-pause-recurring-cronjob
tags:
  - cronjob
  - kubernetes
title: How can I pause a recurring Kube cronjob?
---
If you have a cronjob that you'd like to pause while doing some maintenance for example, you can use the `suspend` attribute.

```bash
> kubectl patch cronjobs does-something -p '{"spec": {"suspend": true }}'
cronjob.batch/does-something patched
```

Once you're done, you can just flip `true` to `false`
