---
title = "Pausing Pro-Projects"
github_url = "https://github.com/orgs/supabase/discussions/27399"
date_created = "2024-06-19T23:24:18+00:00"
topics = [ "platform", "cli", "storage" ]
keywords = [ "pause", "projects", "backup", "storage" ]
database_id = "76b2e2b6-8f1d-448a-a3dd-cdf68755d1a9"

[api]
cli = [ "supabase-login", "supabase-link", "supabase-init", "supabase-storage-cp" ]
---

Pro-Projects at the moment cannot be paused. However, [You are allowed to have two free organizations](/docs/guides/platform/billing-on-supabase#free-plan) that can support one active project each and an unlimited amount of paused ones.

If a project is under 500MB, you can [transfer it to be under a free organization](/docs/guides/platform/project-transfer). Afterwards, you can initiate a pause.

Alternatively, you can download a [daily backup](/dashboard/project/_/database/backups/scheduled) of just your database for archiving. You can also manually download a .SQL file of your database and storage buckets by following this [guide](/docs/guides/platform/migrating-within-supabase/backup-restore).

You can also download your storage buckets with the [Supabase CLI:](/docs/guides/cli/getting-started?queryGroups=platform&platform=npx)

```sql
npx supabase login

# link to your project
npx supabase link

npx supabase init

# will download files to current folder
npx supabase storage cp -r ss://bucket . --experimental
```
