# How to Pause Sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-sound/12708>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-sound/12708 "2003-02-03T20:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![X\_Factor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c0e974/32.png) [@X\_Factor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/X_Factor)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-sound/12708/1 "2003-02-03T20:55:53Z")

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I figured out how to stop and stop it with a button, but pausing is another thing 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-pause-sound/12708/2 "2003-02-03T22:27:34Z")

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Hi X-Factor,

You will need to store the position when you stop the music in a variable (mutePosition) like so:

```auto

mySong = new Sound();

mutePosition = int(mySong.position / 1000);
mySong.start(mutePosition);

```