How to pause a schedule temporarily without deleting it

EasyRoutine has no pause button. A schedule is built from weekdays, a time and an optional active period, so the cleanest pause is to end the time the day before you leave and add the same time again starting the day you are back. For a short break, switching off the reminder or archiving the activity also works.

Decide what the pause should do

"Pause" can mean three different things, and each has its own fix:

Stop the notifications, but keep the plan visible, so you still see what you are skipping.
Stop the plan for set dates, so the break does not show as a row of missed days, and it restarts on its own.
Put the whole activity away for an open-ended time, such as an injury or a season.

Also ask whether you really want a pause. On a trip, a smaller version of the habit (ten minutes of stretching instead of the gym) often keeps the routine alive better than stopping. See keeping routines while travelling.

Option 1: end it before the break, restart it after (Premium)

This is the closest thing to a pause with an automatic restart. Each scheduled time can have an active period with a From date and an Until date, both included.

Open the Plan tab and tap the activity.
On the time you want to pause, set Until to the day before you leave.
Tap Add another time and give it the same days, clock time and reminder.
Set From on the new time to the day you are back.
Save.

During the break, nothing is planned and no reminder fires. The day you return, the activity is back on the calendar without you lifting a finger. The break days do not show as missed, because nothing was planned on them.

Each activity holds up to four weekly times, and this uses two. Once you are back, you can remove the ended time if you no longer need the old weeks drawn.

EasyRoutine schedule sheet for the Gym activity: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 18:00 until the day before a trip, and the same days and time again from the day after it — A gap in the plan for the trip

Option 2: switch off the reminder only (Premium)

If the plan should stay but the phone should go quiet, open the activity in the Plan tab and set the time's notification to Off. The planned entries keep showing, faded, on the days you skip, which is honest: you planned it and did not do it. Remember to switch the reminder back on when you return, because nothing restarts it for you.

Option 3: archive the activity (free)

For an open-ended pause, long-press the activity's tile to edit it and choose Archive. An archived activity leaves the tiles, gets no reminders and is skipped by the photo scan. Its logs stay on the calendar. When you are ready, unarchive it from the routine's archived list and it comes back as it was.

One side effect: while it is archived, its faded planned entries are not drawn at all, including past missed days. Archiving does not need Premium.

EasyRoutine month view of the Training routine: Gym dots on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a week-long gap with no Gym entries for the trip — No missed days during the break

Option 4: just ignore it

For two or three days, you can leave everything as it is, dismiss the reminders and log again when you are back. The days away show as faded entries, which is fine if you do not mind them. Missing a day does not undo a habit, and the Day streak counts any activity you log, not only scheduled ones. More in I missed a day and lost my streak.

Common questions

Is there a pause button for a schedule?

No. Use an active period instead: end the time with Until the day before the break and add the same time again with From the day you return. It restarts by itself.

Will pausing delete my logs?

No. None of the options touch your logs. Ending a time, switching off a reminder or archiving the activity only changes what is planned and notified.

Can I pause a schedule on the free plan?

Editing schedules needs Premium. On the free plan you can archive the activity to stop its reminders and hide it, then unarchive it later.

Can I pause all my activities at once?

No. Schedules and reminders belong to each activity, so you change them one by one. For a short trip, ignoring the reminders for a few days is often the easier option.