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# devbox stop

> Stop a running Devbox.

Use `devbox stop` to stop a running Devbox while retaining its persistent storage. If you omit the name, the CLI opens an interactive Devbox picker.

<Info>
  `devbox shutdown` is an alias for `devbox stop`.
</Info>

## Usage

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash Canonical theme={null}
  devbox stop [name] [flags]
  ```

  ```bash Alias theme={null}
  devbox shutdown [name] [flags]
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Examples

### Stop a named Devbox without confirmation

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash Canonical theme={null}
  devbox stop my-devbox --force
  ```

  ```bash Alias theme={null}
  devbox shutdown my-devbox --force
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Options

<ResponseField name="--force" type="boolean" default="false">
  Skip confirmation and stop the selected Devbox.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="--show-all" type="boolean" default="false">
  Include Devboxes owned by other workspace members in selection and name lookup.
</ResponseField>

## Related topics

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Managing Devboxes" icon="settings" href="/docs/devbox/managing">
    Understand stopping, persistence, and automatic restart on connection.
  </Card>

  <Card title="devbox list" icon="list" href="/docs/reference/devbox-cli/list">
    Find available Devboxes.
  </Card>
</Columns>