To pause a campaign in Google Ads with Claude or ChatGPT, connect your Google Ads account to PaidSync.ai and ask the assistant to pause a campaign by name, which stops it from serving and spending. Pausing is a change to your account, so the assistant first shows the campaign as it is now, then waits for your confirmation.
Pausing stops a campaign from serving, and it keeps all of its settings so you can resume it later. Claude uses a read to find the campaign and one write to pause it:
list_campaigns returns every campaign with its status, budget and results, so you pick the right campaign ID.pause_campaign pauses a Google Ads campaign by ID. It runs as a preview first and needs your confirmation.list_campaigns only reads your account. pause_campaign changes it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_campaigns | Lists campaigns and their current status |
| pause_campaign | Sets the campaign to paused after you confirm |
Pausing does not delete anything. Impressions stop once Google applies the change, but the campaign keeps its history, which is the difference between pause_campaign and removing a campaign for good.
These steps use Claude to pause a campaign. PaidSync.ai also works in ChatGPT, and the prompts are the same.
Start at paidsync.ai, then link Google Ads through Google's own sign-in screen. No developer token and no Google Cloud project are involved. The login you choose must reach the account where you will pause a campaign.
Add PaidSync.ai from Claude's connector directory and sign in. Ask "list my Google Ads accounts" and choose the one to pause a campaign in.
Ask "List my campaigns with their status and spend." Choose the one to stop and note its ID.
Ask the assistant to pause that campaign. The first call is a dry run that shows the status as it is now and the status it would become.
Confirm the change, then ask for the campaign list again to see that its status reads paused.
Read the campaign list again and check that the status is paused. Compare spend over the next day to confirm the campaign has stopped.
Use these two prompts to pause a campaign, in this order.
list_campaigns only reads your account, so the lookup before you pause a campaign changes nothing.pause_campaign runs as a preview by default, so you see the change before it is applied.pause_campaign needs your explicit confirmation, and that applies when you pause a campaign.pause_campaign runs.pause_campaign can show a preview but not apply it. Tokens are encrypted at rest.pause_campaign is applied, the change is logged, on a best-effort basis, with a before-and-after result.Every Google Ads tool PaidSync.ai offers is on the Google Ads MCP server page, including the tools used to pause a campaign.
Open the campaign in Google Ads and set its status to paused. With PaidSync.ai connected, ask Claude or ChatGPT to pause it by name and it shows a preview and asks for your confirmation.
No. A paused campaign keeps its settings and history and can be enabled again. Removing a campaign is a separate and permanent action.
Yes. PaidSync.ai connects Google Ads to ChatGPT and to Claude, and the same tools run in both, so you can ask it to pause a campaign the same way you would in Claude.
A connected Google Ads account and the ID of the campaign to pause, which the assistant can find for you by name.
PaidSync.ai is free for 15 tasks a month with no card, enough to pause a campaign and see the result. Pro starts at $99 a month. See pricing.
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