---
name: "commandStop"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Groups"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "global", "effect": "global", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/commandStop
revid: 318579
updated: 2022-05-13T09:21:07Z
---

# commandStop

*Command · Groups · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.00*

Locality: arguments **global** · effect **global**

## Description

Order the given unit(s) to stop via radio. A stop command will never finish, the unit(s) will never be ready.

## Syntax

```sqf
commandStop target
```

**Parameters:**

- `target`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) or [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [Object](../topics/Object.md)s

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
commandStop _soldier1;
```

### Example 2

```sqf
commandStop [_soldier1, _soldier2];
```

### Example 3

```sqf
commandStop (units player);
```

## See also

[doStop](../commands/doStop.md) · [stopped](../commands/stopped.md) · [stop](../commands/stop.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — commandStop](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/commandStop) (revision 318579).</sub>