# Pause the timer

**URL:** <https://community.toggl.com/t/pause-the-timer/2907>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** timer\
**Created:** [August 15, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://community.toggl.com/t/pause-the-timer/2907 "2025-08-15T10:49:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Anna\_Pearson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/community.toggl.com/anna_pearson/32/1882_2.png) [@Anna\_Pearson](https://community.toggl.com/u/Anna_Pearson)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://community.toggl.com/t/pause-the-timer/2907/1 "2025-08-15T10:49:26Z")

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Wish there was a way to pause the timer for breaks, rather than having to stop and start a new time entry

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**Author:** ![Rebecca\_Donovan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/community.toggl.com/rebecca_donovan/32/4585_2.png) [@Rebecca\_Donovan](https://community.toggl.com/u/Rebecca_Donovan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://community.toggl.com/t/pause-the-timer/2907/2 "2026-09-09T09:38:51Z")

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I totally agree! I’ve only recently started with Toggl, and in three days I’ve reached for this functionality numerous times only to remember every time that it doesn’t exist!