Can I pause my Facebook Ads payments temporarily?

You can't directly "pause" Facebook Ads payments, but you can effectively pause your ad spending — which means no new charges will occur until you resume. Here's how you can do it:

🛑 How to Temporarily Stop Facebook Ads Payments
🔹 1. Pause Your Campaigns, Ad Sets, or Ads
This is the simplest way to stop charges.

Go to Ads Manager.

Find your active campaigns, ad sets, or ads.

Toggle the switch to OFF.

✅ Result: Your ads will stop running, so Facebook won't charge you further.
💡 Existing balances (if any) will still be charged, but no new costs will be added.

🔹 2. Remove or Disable Your Payment Method (Optional)
If you want extra assurance:

Go to Billing > Payment Settings.

You can:

Remove non-primary payment methods.

Or add a new one, then remove the old one after turning off ads.

⚠️ You can't remove your only payment method if there's an outstanding balance.

🔹 3. Switch to Manual Payments (if available in your region)
With manual payments, you prepay for ads — when the balance hits zero, ads stop.

Go to Payment Settings and check if manual payment is an option.

Add funds when you want to resume — no automatic billing.

🔹 4. Set a Daily or Lifetime Budget to $1 (or $0.01)
This is more of a slowdown than a full stop, but:

Lowering budgets minimizes your spend if you want to maintain delivery but keep control.

⚠️ Important Notes
Facebook will still charge for any ads already delivered, even after pausing.

Pausing ads does not affect your account status or data — you can restart anytime.

If you want to pause everything for a vacation, test period, or budget reset, pausing campaigns is the safest route.