Located near the top-right of most PC keyboards, sharing the break key (as shown here), the pause key may be used to temporarily halt a computer process.

On modern keyboards, the Break key is usually labeled Pause with Break below, sometimes separated by a line: PauseBreak, or Pause on the top of the keycap and Break on the front. In most Windows environments, the key combination ? Win + Pause brings up the system properties.

Press Windows Key+R > osk {Enter} > Ctrl > Pause.

Break (FN + B) or (FN + Ctrl + B)

Fn + CTRL + P = break.

Compact and notebook keyboards often do not have a dedicated Pause/Break key. Substitutes for Break : Ctrl + Fn + F11 or Fn + B or Fn + Ctrl + B on certain Lenovo laptops. Ctrl + Fn + B or Fn + B on certain Dell laptops.

Ctrl + Fn + Shift or Fn + R on HP laptops.

The Pause and Break keys were used in DOS and still function in the Command Prompt today. The Pause key is designed to pause a text-mode program’s output — it still works in the Command Prompt window on Windows. When you press Pause, the output scrolling down your screen will . . . Read more

On most keyboards, the Break key is on the right side of the top row of keys. On a typical U.S. keyboard, it is the alternate function of the Pause key. If so, pressing Ctrl + Pause may be required to activate Break. In the following photo of a computer . . . Read more

On most keyboards, the Break key is on the right side of the top row of keys. On a typical U.S. keyboard, it is the alternate function of the Pause key. If so, pressing Ctrl + Pause may be required to activate Break. In the following photo of a computer . . . Read more