---
title: Suspending a GitHub App installation
intro: '{% data reusables.shortdesc.suspending_a_github_app %}'
redirect_from:
  - /apps/managing-github-apps/suspending-a-github-app-installation
versions:
  free-pro-team: '*'
---

{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" or currentVersion ver_gt "enterprise-server@2.21" %}
{% note %}

**Note:** {% data reusables.pre-release-program.suspend-installation-beta %}

{% endnote %}
{% endif %}

### Suspending a GitHub App

The integrator who owns and maintains a GitHub app, also called a GitHub App owner, can suspend or unsuspend a GitHub App installation using REST API endpoints with a JWT. For more information, see the [GitHub Apps REST API](/rest/reference/apps).

People who have installed a GitHub App, also called installation owners, can only suspend or unsuspend a GitHub App through their app's installation settings. Installation owners cannot use the API to suspend or unsuspend their app installation. Before people can suspend a GitHub app installation, the GitHub App owner must opt-in to the beta release. For more information, see "[Suspending a GitHub App installation](/apps/managing-github-apps/suspending-a-github-app-installation/)."

{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.developer_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.github_apps %}
4. Select the {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} you want to suspend.
![App selection](/assets/images/github-apps/github_apps_select-app.png)
{% data reusables.user-settings.github_apps_advanced %}
6. Next to the suspension settings for the installation, click **Suspend** or **Unsuspend**.
![Suspend a GitHub App](/assets/images/github-apps/suspend-a-github-app.png)