# Stop a build from a job

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/stop-a-build-from-a-job/33590>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/stop-a-build-from-a-job/33590 "2019-12-02T23:51:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![BeyondEvil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/beyondevil/32/23704_2.png) [@BeyondEvil](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/BeyondEvil)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/stop-a-build-from-a-job/33590/1 "2019-12-02T23:51:29Z")

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So, I found out that I can stop a job, successfully, using `circleci step halt`.

But I would like to skip/cancel an entire build/workflow from a job. Everything but a failed state is acceptable.

How can I achieve that?