---
name: "podman-pod-pause"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "podman"
version: "6.1.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/podman-pod-pause"
---

# podman-pod-pause(1)

Pause one or more pods

## NAME

podman-pod-pause - Pause one or more pods

## SYNOPSIS

**podman pod pause** \[*options*\] *pod* ...

## DESCRIPTION

Pauses all the running processes in the containers of one or more pods.  You may use pod IDs or names as input.

## OPTIONS

### --all, -a

Pause all pods.

### --latest, -l

Instead of providing the pod name or ID, pause the last created pod. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)

## EXAMPLES

Pause a pod with a given name:

```
$ podman pod pause mywebserverpod
```

Pause a pod with a given ID:

```
$ podman pod pause 860a4b23
```

Pause all pods

```
$ podman pod pause --all
817973d45404da08f1fe393a13c8eeb0948f4a259d8835f083370b4a63cb0431
0793d692719c8ef1f983fd29d7568e817c5a8e865e2b3925201a75dce24cfe80
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](/podman-pod/1.md)**, **[podman-pod-unpause(1)](/podman-pod-unpause/1.md)**, **[podman-pause(1)](/podman-pause/1.md)**

## HISTORY

July 2018, Originally compiled by Peter Hunt pehunt@redhat.com ⟨mailto:pehunt@redhat.com⟩