How to Cancel Scan Jobs
Cancel one or more ongoing scans by editing the registry and selecting Cancel from the Quick Actions or Actions menu.
Scan jobs with a status of Finished, Unknown and Error cannot be canceled and will be ignored automatically.
How to cancel scan jobs
- Go to Assets > Registries and select Edit for any registry in your list.
- Go to Scan Jobs for the selected registry.
- Select a single scan job and choose Cancel from the Quick Actions menu, or choose multiple scan jobs and choose Cancel from the Actions menu above the list.
![Cancel Scan Jobs](../assets/images/images/registry/cancel_action_multi.png)
Use the Search field at the top of the page to quickly find the scan jobs you want to cancel, for example, find all scans with a Running status. Then pick one, multiple or all scan jobs for the action.
- Review the Confirmation that appears, and click Yes to proceed with the action. For each canceled scan job, the status will change to Canceled.