---
title: Stop Filebeat
description: An orderly shutdown of Filebeat ensures that it has a chance to clean up and close outstanding resources. You can help ensure an orderly shutdown by stopping...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/shutdown
products:
  - Beats
  - Filebeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Stop Filebeat
An orderly shutdown of Filebeat ensures that it has a chance to clean up and close outstanding resources. You can help ensure an orderly shutdown by stopping Filebeat properly.
If you’re running Filebeat as a service, you can stop it via the service management functionality provided by your installation.
If you’re running Filebeat directly in the console, you can stop it by entering **Ctrl-C**. Alternatively, send SIGTERM to the Filebeat process on a POSIX system.