---
title: "Pause multiple accounts"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/accounts/pause"
tags: ["Account"]
---

# Pause multiple accounts

`POST /api/v2/accounts/pause`

Pauses up to 100 email accounts in the authenticated workspace. Each unique email is returned in either `paused_emails` or `failed_emails`.


Requires one of the following scopes: `accounts:update`, `accounts:all`, `all:update`, `all:all`

## Request body

- object
  - `emails` string[], required — Email addresses to pause. Duplicate values are ignored.

## Response `200`

The result of the bulk pause operation.

- object — The result of the bulk pause operation.
  - `paused_emails` string[], required — Email addresses whose accounts were successfully paused.
  - `failed_emails` string[], required — Email addresses that were invalid or whose account status was not changed.

## Other responses

- `401` — This request is unauthorized (either the Authorization header is missing or invalid, or the API key has been revoked)
- `402` — This request cannot be fulfilled because the workspace does not have an active paid plan
- `404` — The requested resource was not found
- `429` — You have exceeded the rate limit. Please check the rate limit docs for more information.

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