To pause a Facebook campaign with Claude or ChatGPT, ask the assistant to pause the campaign by name, check the preview it shows, then confirm. PaidSync.ai sets the campaign to paused through the Meta API. Pausing stops delivery for the whole campaign while keeping every ad set and ad exactly as it was, so you can turn it back on later.
Pausing is the fastest way to stop spend without losing work. The campaign, its ad sets and its ads all stay in the account. Your assistant uses two tools for it:
list_fb_campaigns finds the campaign and returns its ID and current status, so the assistant pauses the right one.pause_fb_campaign sets the campaign status to paused. It can check the live status first and do nothing if the campaign is already paused.The list reads. pause_fb_campaign changes the account.
| Tool | What it needs |
|---|---|
| pause_fb_campaign | Changes the account. The campaign ID, as text. Optional: the status you were shown, so the tool can check it has not changed since. |
Pausing a campaign pauses delivery below it, but it does not change the ad sets and ads themselves. When you turn the campaign back on, the ad sets that were active before will deliver again.
These steps use Claude. PaidSync.ai also works in ChatGPT, so you can pause a Facebook campaign there with the same prompts.
Create a PaidSync.ai account at paidsync.ai and approve access on Meta's own sign-in screen. You need a role on the ad account that lets you edit campaigns.
Open Claude's connector directory, add PaidSync.ai and sign in. Ask "which Meta ad accounts can you see" and pick the account where you will pause a Facebook campaign.
Ask Claude to find the campaign by name and show its status and budget. If two campaigns share a name, pick by the ID it shows.
Claude runs pause_fb_campaign as a dry run and shows the current status next to the new one. Nothing has changed yet.
Say yes and Claude runs it live with your confirmation. Then ask for the campaign list again to see the status.
List your campaigns again and look for the status. It should read paused. A day later, ask for yesterday's spend on that campaign to confirm it stopped.
Every Meta tool PaidSync.ai offers is on the Meta Ads MCP server page. To turn it back on, see how to turn on a paused Facebook campaign with AI.
Connect Meta to PaidSync.ai, then ask Claude or ChatGPT to pause the campaign by name. It shows a preview, and you confirm before it runs.
No. The campaign, its ad sets and its ads stay in the account and can be turned back on.
Yes. In the ChatGPT app, Meta Ads can change through PaidSync.ai, with the same pause tool Claude uses.
It pauses delivery for the whole campaign. The ad sets and ads keep their own statuses.
The free plan includes 15 tasks a month with no card, enough to try how to pause a Facebook campaign. Pro starts at $99 a month, listed on pricing.
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