Turning it off
Updated July 17, 2026
Every off switch, in one place, each with its exact effect. Turning Awaitful off is instant, possible from either end, and never costs you earnings already made.
Pause earning
Run Awaitful: Pause Earning from the Command Palette, or use the panel toggle. Earning stops immediately, Claude Code is restored to its original files, and the pause persists across restarts - the status bar simply reads Paused. The panel reports honestly if a restore could not be confirmed, and Awaitful: Resume Earning undoes the pause.
Sign out
Awaitful: Sign Out disconnects the machine from your account. Nothing earns to you from that machine until you sign in again.
Revoke a machine remotely
Settings in the dashboard lists every linked machine; revoking one kills its token. The extension notices within about two minutes and signs itself out, and any events that straggle in afterwards are credited to no one. This is the switch for a laptop you no longer have - details in Sign in and link your editor.
Remove it entirely
Two steps, in this order:
- Open the panel and use Restore original files. This undoes the webview patch and removes the terminal status line, returning both to exactly what they were.
- Uninstall or disable the extension in your editor, as with any extension.
For advertisers
Pausing a campaign takes effect immediately: it leaves the auction at once and serves nowhere - see Bidding and budgets.
What switching off never does
No switch on this page touches money already booked. Earnings you made stay yours and keep clearing on schedule - see Payouts and your balance. And since less software running means less data moving, it is worth knowing the moving data was already short: What leaves your machine.