# Turning it off

> Pause earning, restore your editor to its original files, revoke a machine from the dashboard, or remove Awaitful entirely. Every off switch, in one place.

- Source: https://awaitful.com/docs/turn-it-off
- Updated: July 21, 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](https://awaitful.com/docs/editor-safety), 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](https://awaitful.com/docs/link-your-editor).

## Remove it entirely

Two steps, in this order:

1.  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.
2.  Uninstall or disable the extension in your editor, as with any extension.

**Restore before you uninstall**

Editors give extensions no uninstall hook, so uninstalling first leaves the patch and the terminal line on disk. They are inert - they only ever talked to a local helper that no longer exists - but inert is not the same as gone. The restore button removes them completely, which is why it comes first.

## Delete your account

From **Settings**, Delete account erases your login and personal details and switches off every device. It is one way, and unlike the switches above it removes rather than pauses. We keep only the financial records the law requires us to retain - past earnings and payouts - with your identity scrubbed from them, so nothing personal is left while the books stay complete. A withdrawal in progress has to finish before the account can be deleted.

## For advertisers

Pausing a campaign takes effect immediately: it leaves the auction at once, and slates already fetched by editors drain within about a minute - see [Bidding and budgets](https://awaitful.com/docs/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](https://awaitful.com/docs/payouts). And since less software running means less data moving, it is worth knowing the moving data was already short: [What leaves your machine](https://awaitful.com/docs/what-leaves-your-machine).