To pause a keyword in Google Ads with Claude or ChatGPT, connect your Google Ads account to PaidSync.ai and ask the assistant to pause a keyword in an ad group, which stops that keyword triggering ads. Pausing keeps the keyword and its history. The change returns as a preview and needs your confirmation.
Pausing a keyword stops it from matching searches without deleting it. Claude finds the keyword with a read and pauses it with one write:
list_keywords lists keywords for a campaign or ad group with match type, bids, quality score and the resource name each pause needs.pause_keyword pauses a keyword by its resource name. It runs as a preview and needs your confirmation.batch_pause_keywords pauses keywords matching given texts across several accounts in one call.list_keywords only reads your account. pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords change it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_keywords | Finds the keyword to pause |
| pause_keyword | Pauses the keyword after you confirm |
| batch_pause_keywords | Pauses matching keywords across accounts |
The tool works on the keyword's full resource name, which includes the ad group and the keyword ID, so the assistant lists first and then pauses exactly one. If the same text exists in two ad groups, you decide which one to stop.
These steps use Claude to pause a keyword. 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 keyword.
Add PaidSync.ai from Claude's connector directory and sign in. Ask "list my Google Ads accounts" and choose the one to pause a keyword in.
Ask for the keywords in the ad group with their cost and conversions, and note the one to stop.
Ask the assistant to pause that keyword. The first call is a dry run showing the status as it is now.
Confirm, then list the ad group keywords again to see the status.
List the keywords again and check the status is paused. Run the search terms report later to confirm the queries it used to match no longer cost money.
Use these two prompts to pause a keyword, in this order.
list_keywords only reads your account, so the lookup before you pause a keyword changes nothing.pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords run as a preview by default, so you see the change before it is applied.pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords need your explicit confirmation, and that applies when you pause a keyword.pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords run.pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords can show a preview but not apply it. Tokens are encrypted at rest.pause_keyword and batch_pause_keywords are 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 keyword.
In Google Ads, open the keywords list, select the keyword and set it to paused. With PaidSync.ai, ask Claude or ChatGPT to pause it by name and it previews the change and asks for confirmation.
No. A paused keyword keeps its history and can be enabled again. Removing it is permanent.
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 keyword the same way you would in Claude.
A connected Google Ads account and the keyword, identified by its ad group and text. The assistant finds the resource name.
PaidSync.ai is free for 15 tasks a month with no card, enough to pause a keyword and see the result. Pro starts at $99 a month. See pricing.
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