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Stop a Running Scan
Stop a scan before it finishes to run a different scan or edit the policy settings and run the updated scan policy.

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Stop a scan before it finishes to run a different scan or edit the policy settings and run the updated scan policy.
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions with the Salesforce Shield or Data Detect Licenses. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To stop a running scan | Manage user access to Data Detect feature |
The scan stops. This process takes a few minutes and running another scan queues it to run when the scan stops completely. Results of the objects scanned before the scan stopped are available from the Job Sessions page.

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