# Stop & Resume

Need to stop a transfer? Did a transfer fail? You can stop and resume transfers in OffShoot at your convenience.

## Requirements

* OffShoot 24.1  or newer.

## How to use

* When a transfer is running, stop it with the `Stop` button.
* Once stopped, you can resume the transfer with the `Resume` button.

  * You can also resume `Failed` transfers, or transfers that report `Completed with warnings`. <br>

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{% hint style="warning" %}
When the destination connection is suddenly lost, OffShoot can't write Transfer logs and (ASC)MHL files on that destination. However, OffShoot will write a local transfer log, which is available in `OffShoot > Window > Transfer Log`.

Depending on the destination drive and filesystem used, transferred folders and/or files might be missing, incomplete, or show as zero-byte files. Before resuming, make sure to remove any incomplete or zero-byte files from the destination (or all files when a full (ASC)MHL is needed).
{% endhint %}

When resuming:

* OffShoot will ensure the correct Source is resumed by comparing the Source index.
* Partially copied files or files OffShoot did not successfully verify are removed from the destination and transferred again.
* Changing OffShoot's global application settings will affect restarted transfers. Only Organize, Verification, and MHL-related settings are retained for each transfer.
* OffShoot will resume by restarting the transfer and skipping files that are already on the destination based on [Duplicate Detect](https://docs.hedge.video/offshoot/features/duplicate-detect) rules.

## Limitations

* Resuming a transfer will result in a new Transfer Log and new (ASC)MHL files containing the **newly** transferred files.&#x20;
* Resuming a partially copied/verified file is not possible.


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