# How to pause contracts

> Markdown export of the Gearbox Protocol documentation page for agents and retrieval systems.

Canonical page: https://docs.gearbox.finance/curators/how-to-pause-contracts
Source file: content/curators/how-to-pause-contracts.mdx
Section router: https://docs.gearbox.finance/curators/llms.txt
Section full export: https://docs.gearbox.finance/curators/llms-full.txt

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### Navigate to emergency dashboard & Select Curator

<https://safe.gearbox.finance/emergency/>


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### Pause needed contracts


![Figure](https://docs.gearbox.finance/assets/docs/curators/how-to-pause-contracts/01-pause-needed-contracts.png)


* `Pause CM`
  * Forbid all operations with credit accounts within a CM
  * Liquidations are allowed to whitelisted emergency liquidators
* `Pause pool`
  * *Forbid deposits and withdrawals*
* `Pause market`
  * *Pause pool and all CMs*
* `Pause all contracts`
  * *For each market:*
    * *Pause pool and all CMs*