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# pause()

Pauses progress tracking.

```
func pause()
```

## Discussion

This method invokes the block for [`pausingHandler`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/pausingHandler), if there is one, and ensures that any subsequent reads of the [`isPaused`](/documentation/Foundation/Progress/isPaused) property return <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

If the receiver has suboperations, the system pauses their progress as well.

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