---
title: Stop Auditbeat
description: An orderly shutdown of Auditbeat ensures that it has a chance to clean up and close outstanding resources. You can help ensure an orderly shutdown by...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/beats/auditbeat/shutdown
products:
  - Auditbeat
  - Beats
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Stop Auditbeat
An orderly shutdown of Auditbeat ensures that it has a chance to clean up and close outstanding resources. You can help ensure an orderly shutdown by stopping Auditbeat properly.
If you’re running Auditbeat as a service, you can stop it via the service management functionality provided by your installation.
If you’re running Auditbeat directly in the console, you can stop it by entering **Ctrl-C**. Alternatively, send SIGTERM to the Auditbeat process on a POSIX system.