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# pause_saved_searches

> Stop the emails of a lead's saved searches without deleting them.

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Stop the emails of a lead's saved searches (property alerts and market snapshots) without deleting them — either specific searches, or every search of a kind.

```js theme={null}
pause_saved_searches({ lead_id, ids?, categories? })
```

| Parameter | Required | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| `lead_id` | Yes | The lead the saved searches belong to. |
| `ids` | One of `ids` / `categories` | Numeric saved search ids, up to 10. Pauses just those. |
| `categories` | One of `ids` / `categories` | An array of `PROPERTY_ALERT` and/or `MARKET_SNAPSHOT` (exact case). Pauses every saved search of those kinds on the lead. |

Give `ids` **or** `categories`, not both. `categories` is a top-level argument here — it isn't nested in `fields`, and no other saved-search tool accepts it.

Each result reports the search's previous and new `alertFrequency`; a search that was already paused comes back as `ALREADY_INACTIVE`. [`resume_saved_searches`](/mcp/tools/resume-saved-searches) switches them back on. Never asks for [confirmation](/mcp/guides/confirmation-tiers).


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