---
title: Pause and resume replication
description: To pause and resume replication of the leader index, access Cross-Cluster Replication and choose the Follower indices tab. Select the follower index you...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/deploy-manage/tools/cross-cluster-replication/ccr-pause-replication
products:
  - Elasticsearch
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
  - Self-managed Elastic deployments: Generally available
---

# Pause and resume replication
To pause and resume replication of the leader index, [access Cross-Cluster Replication](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/deploy-manage/tools/cross-cluster-replication/manage-cross-cluster-replication#ccr-access-ccr) and choose the **Follower indices** tab.
Select the follower index you want to pause and choose **Manage > Pause Replication**. The follower index status changes to Paused.
To resume replication, select the follower index and choose **Resume replication**.
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  You can pause replication with the [pause follower API](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ccr-pause-follow) and then later resume replication with the [resume follower API](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-ccr-resume-follow). Using these APIs in tandem enables you to adjust the read and write parameters on the follower shard task if your initial configuration is not suitable for your use case.
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