# How to pause or stop Facebook ads, and see how they’re doing URL: https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads Level 5: Grow (https://blackbox.plus/guides/grow) Updated: 2026-10-23 Time: about 5 minutes You'll end with: A campaign paused, changed or deleted on Meta Ads, from Blackbox Do it in Blackbox: https://blackbox.plus/app/inbox > See every Meta campaign’s spend and results on the Inbox’s Campaign tab, then turn off Facebook ads, change a budget or delete a campaign there. ## Short answer To pause or stop Facebook ads and see how they are doing in Blackbox (blackbox.plus), open your brand in the Inbox and click the Campaign tab. Summary shows what you spent, your results, the cost per result and the click rate for the last 7, 30 or 90 days, with spend and results per day. Click Campaigns for every campaign with its status, budget, spend and results. Click a campaign to see its last four weeks and its ad sets. Pause stops it on Meta Ads straight away and Resume starts it again; nothing is deleted. Edit, for admins, changes the daily budget or the countries it reaches, with Undo afterwards. To stop a campaign for good, click Delete campaign…, type its name and confirm: its ad sets and ads go with it, and Pause instead is offered while it is still running. Pause works for anyone with access to the brand. ## You'll need - **A Meta ad account connected.** With the campaigns you want to see. Other ad platforms list their campaigns and can pause them too. (Guide: https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-meta-ads) - **An admin login, to edit or delete.** Anyone with access to the brand can see, pause and resume. ## How to pause or stop Facebook ads, and see how they’re doing in Blackbox 1. **Open the Campaign tab.** Open your brand in the **Inbox** and click **Campaign**. You'll see: **Spent**, **Results**, **Cost per result** and **CTR** for the **Last 30 days**. Starts at: https://blackbox.plus/app/inbox ![The Campaign tab’s Summary: Last 30 days, ringed, with spent, results, cost per result and click rate, and spend and results per day](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/01-summary.png) 2. **Read the summary.** Pick **Last 7 days**, **Last 30 days** or **Last 90 days**. You'll see: **Spend per day**, **Results per day** and where the money went, for that range. 3. **See every campaign.** Click **Campaigns**. You'll see: Each campaign’s **Status**, **Budget**, **Spend**, **Results** and **Per result**. ![The Campaigns view: this week’s spend, results and cost per result, and the campaign Order ahead — always on, ringed, running at 15 dollars a day with 98 purchases](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/03-campaigns.png) 4. **Open a campaign.** Click its row. You'll see: Its last four weeks, its ad sets, and **Edit** and **Pause** at the top. ![The campaign opened: Edit and Pause, ringed, its open suggestion, purchases per week for 4 weeks, and its ad set](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/04-panel.png) 5. **Pause it.** Click **Pause**, then **Pause** again to confirm. You'll see: **Campaign paused**, and **Resume** where Pause was. ![Pause Order ahead — always on?, with the note that it takes effect on the live ad account right away, and Pause ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/05-pause.png) 6. **Change its budget or countries.** Click **Edit**, change the **Daily budget** or the **Countries**, and click **Save 1 change**. You'll see: **Saved on Meta**, with **Undo** beside it. ![Edit open: daily budget changed from 15 to 18 dollars, the countries the ad set reaches, and Save 1 change ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/06-edit.png) 7. **Delete it.** Click **Delete campaign…**, type the campaign’s name, and click **Delete campaign**. You'll see: **Campaign deleted**, and the campaign gone from the list. ![Delete Order ahead — always on?: running, spent in the last 7 days, its ad set going with it, the name typed, and Delete campaign ringed next to Pause instead](https://blackbox.plus/guides/pause-or-stop-facebook-ads/07-delete.png) ## Good to know - Pause and Resume take effect on your live ad account right away. Pausing stops spend and keeps everything. - Edit and Delete are for admins, and work on Meta Ads campaigns today. Pause and Resume work on every connected ad platform. - A budget can change from a tenth to 5 times today’s in one go, and never below $1 a day. A lifetime budget, or one set on the ad sets, is changed in Ads Manager. - Deleting takes the campaign’s ad sets and ads with it and can’t be undone. While it is running, Pause instead is offered in the same box. - A campaign with an open suggestion shows it under its row, with Approve ✓. For what those cards mean, see [Facebook ads optimization: act on budget and pause suggestions](https://blackbox.plus/guides/optimize-facebook-ads). - Export CSV on the Summary downloads the numbers for the range you picked. ## Questions people ask **A campaign says Not delivering yet** It is on, but has spent nothing yet. New campaigns often take a day; otherwise check its ads and audience in Ads Manager. **There’s no Edit or Delete on a campaign** Only admins can edit or delete, and only Meta Ads campaigns that are running or paused. Ask an admin, or pause it instead. **It says This campaign has a lifetime budget** Blackbox changes daily budgets only. Change a lifetime budget, or one set on the ad sets, in Meta Ads Manager. **The Delete campaign button stays grey** Type the campaign’s name exactly as shown, with the same capitals and spaces. **A campaign I made in Ads Manager isn’t here** Click Refresh on the Campaigns view. If it still doesn’t show, check its ad account is picked for this brand on the Data page.