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# stopMonitoring(_:)

Stops monitoring the specified device activities.

```
func stopMonitoring(_ activities: [DeviceActivityName] = [])
```

## Parameters

`activities`

The names of the activities. If the array is empty or no `activities` are explicitly specified,
this method stops monitoring all activities.

## Discussion

This method ignores names that don’t correspond to monitored activities.

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