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How to: Disable or Enable a Job (SQL Server Management Studio)

This topic describes how to disable a SQL Server Agent job. When you disable a job, it is not deleted and can be enabled again when necessary.

To disable a job

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.

  2. Expand SQL Server Agent.

  3. Expand Jobs, and then right-click the job that you want to disable.

  4. Click Disable.

To enable a job

  1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.

  2. Expand SQL Server Agent.

  3. Expand Jobs, and then right-click the job that you want to enable.

  4. Click Enable.