# Canceling a practice run zonal shift
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The steps in this section explain how to cancel a zonal shift on the ARC console. To work with zonal shift and zonal autoshift programmatically, see the [ Zonal Shift and Zonal Autoshift API Reference Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/arc-zonal-shift/latest/api/Welcome.html).

You can cancel zonal shifts or practice runs that you initiate yourself. You can also cancel zonal shifts that AWS starts for a resource for a practice run for zonal autoshift.

# To cancel a practice run zonal shift


1. Open the ARC console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53recovery/zonalshift/home#/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53recovery/zonalshift/home#/). 

1. Select a practice run zonal shift that you want to cancel, and then choose **Cancel zonal shift** or **Cancel practice run**.

1. On the confirmation modal dialog, choose **Confirm**.