# Step 5: Stop your model
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In this step you stop running your model. You are charged for the amount of time your model is running. If you have finished using the model, you should stop it.

**To stop your model**

1. In the **Start or stop model** section choose **Stop**.  
![\[Console screenshot including Stop button to stop the running custom label detection model.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/customlabels-dg/images/get-started-stop-model.jpg)

1. In the **Stop model** dialog box, enter **stop** to confirm that you want to stop the model.  
![\[Stop model dialog with text field to enter "stop" and confirm stopping the model.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/customlabels-dg/images/get-started-stop-model-dialog.jpg)

1. Choose **Stop** to stop your model. The model has stopped when the status in the **Start or stop model** section is **Stopped**. In the following screenshot, the User interface section has the option to start or stop a machine learning model. The model's status shows as "Stopped" with a "Start" button to start the model and a dropdown to select the number of inference units.  
![\[User interface section to start or stop a machine learning model, showing the model's status as "Stopped" with a "Start" button to start the model and a dropdown to select the number of inference units.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/customlabels-dg/images/get-started-stopped-model.jpg)