Canceling a workflow run

You can cancel a workflow run, including all jobs and steps, that is in progress.

Canceling a workflow run

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Actions.

    Screenshot of the tabs for the "github/docs" repository. The "Actions" tab is highlighted with an orange outline.

  3. In the left sidebar, click the workflow you want to see.

    Screenshot of the left sidebar of the "Actions" tab. A workflow, "CodeQL," is outlined in dark orange.

  4. From the list of workflow runs, click the name of the queued or in progress run that you want to cancel.

  5. In the upper-right corner of the workflow, click Cancel workflow.
    Screenshot showing the summary for a workflow that is currently running. The "Cancel workflow" button is highlighted with a dark orange outline.

Next steps

To learn about the process GitHub uses to cancel a workflow run, as well as the ways you can free up related resources, see Workflow cancellation reference.