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# Shutdown running sandboxes (/docs/cli/shutdown-sandboxes)

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Related: [Authentication in CLI](/docs/cli/auth.md), [Connect to sandbox](/docs/cli/connect-to-sandbox.md), [Create sandbox](/docs/cli/create-sandbox.md), [Execute commands in sandbox](/docs/cli/exec-command.md), [List sandboxes](/docs/cli/list-sandboxes.md), [BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)](/docs/byoc.md)

You can shutdown single or all running sandboxes with the E2B CLI.

## Shutdown single or multiple sandboxes

To shutdown a single or multiple sandboxes, run the following command:

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="Terminal" terminal
e2b sandbox kill <sandbox-id1> <sandbox-id2> <sandbox-id3>
```
</CodeGroup>

## Shutdown all sandboxes

To shutdown all running sandboxes, run the following command:

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="Terminal" terminal
e2b sandbox kill --all
```
</CodeGroup>

Further, you can filter the sandboxes to be shutdown by state, metadata or both.

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="Terminal" terminal
e2b sandbox kill --all --state=running,paused
```
</CodeGroup>

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="Terminal" terminal
e2b sandbox kill --all --metadata=key=value
```
</CodeGroup>

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="Terminal" terminal
e2b sandbox kill --all --state=running,paused --metadata=key=value
```
</CodeGroup>