You can stop canisters that are currently running by running the dfx canister stop command:
dfx canister stop --all
This command displays output similar to the following:
Stopping code for canister status_check, with canister_id 75hes-oqbaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-q Stopping code for canister status_check_assets, with canister_id cxeji-wacaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaa-q
To learn more about how to stop a running canister, please check out the “Managing the Running State of a Canister” content on the Internet Computer Docs.
You can also learn more about canisters on the Internet Computer Wiki.
Updated
Have More Questions? Try these: