# Pausing an alert rule
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This documentation topic discusses legacy alerting in Grafana. Legacy alerting is removed in Amazon Managed Grafana version 12. You must migrate to Grafana alerting before upgrading to v12. For more information, see one of the following topics.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see [Alerts in Grafana version 10](v10-alerts.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see [Alerts in Grafana version 9](v9-alerts.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Grafana alerting](alerts-overview.md).

 Pausing the evaluation of an alert rule can sometimes be useful. For example, during a maintenance window, pausing alert rules can avoid initiating a flood of alerts. 

1.  In the Grafana side bar, pause on the **Alerting** (bell) icon and then choose **Alert Rules**. All configured alert rules are listed, along with their current state. 

1.  Find your alert in the list, and choose the **Pause** icon on the right. The **Pause** icon turns into a **Play** icon. 

1.  Choose the **Play** icon to resume evaluation of your alert.