How to pause, turn on, change the budget, or apply recommendations for an ad
From your phone, pause or turn on a campaign, change the daily budget, and apply the Traffic Manager's suggestions.
1 min readBasicUpdated on November 12, 2026
Video lesson coming soon. For now, follow the steps below.
On each campaign's screen you'll find the spend, the results, and the buttons to pause, turn on, and change the daily budget. The Traffic Manager's Recommendations suggest adjustments, which you can apply or dismiss with a tap.
Before you start
- Turning on a campaign or increasing spend requires confirming the amount. The owner or an admin sets the daily cap.
Step by step
- Step 1:
Open Ads (on the Today tab, under Advertise, or under More) and tap the campaign.
- Step 2:
To stop spending, tap Pause and confirm. To turn it back on, tap Turn On and confirm the daily budget.
- Step 3:
To change the budget, tap Change Daily Budget, choose the new amount, and tap Save. If you're increasing it, confirm on Increase spend?.
- Step 4:
In Traffic Manager's Recommendations, read the suggestion (for example, You can increase this) and tap Apply or Dismiss.
How to know it worked
The campaign shows the new status (Paused or Running) and the updated daily budget. Applied recommendations leave the list.
If something goes wrong
The Turn On button doesn't appear.
Drafts need to be published first (Publish paused). If something's missing, the campaign shows Missing info to publish.
Next step
See the spend for all campaigns in the Ads list.
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