# vagrant halt

> Shuts down the running machine Vagrant is managing.
> See also: `vagrant`, `vagrant box`, `vagrant plugin`, `vagrant validate`.
> More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/cli/halt>.

- Halt the currently running Vagrant machine gracefully:

`vagrant halt`

- Halt a specific machine by its ID or name gracefully:

`vagrant halt {{id_or_name}}`

- Forcefully halt the current running machine(s) (This can affect multiple running machines if they are part of the same Vagrant environment):

`vagrant halt {{[-f|--force]}}`

- Forcefully halt a specific machine by its ID or name:

`vagrant halt {{[-f|--force]}} {{id_or_name}}`