Abort a Running Backup Abort a Running Backup There are three ways for you to abort a running backup: Navigate to the View Backup Status page, click Abort next to the running task and then click OK to verify your request to abort the backup. Call the methods of the Backup.GeneralOpens in a new tab class; see the Backup.General.GetAbortStatus()Opens in a new tab, Backup.General.ClearAbortStatus()Opens in a new tab, and Backup.General.AbortBackup()Opens in a new tab method descriptions for details. Choose the abort option in the ^BACKUP routine; see Abort a Running Backup Using ^BACKUP for details.