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# Personal Coffee-Break Settings Slack

###### In this article, you will find information about the personal settings options within the Coffee Break app for Slack users:

You can find the Crewting app in Slack here: *Apps (left navigation bar in Slack) - Coffee-Break Crewting - Home - Personal Coffee-Break Settings*


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# Pause Coffee-Breaks

You can pause coffee breaks at any time via the personal Coffee-Break settings in the Coffee Break app. 

1. Open the personal settings 
2. Click on “Pause all Coffee-Breaks” 
3. Select a start date for your break (optional)
4. Select an end date for your break 
5. Click on Create 

During your break, you will not be matched for any new Coffee-Beaks, and no Coffee-Breaks will be scheduled during this period.


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# Deactivate Coffee-Breaks pause

1. Open your personal settings
2. Click on “Cancel pause”

# Individual preferences 

You can save individual preferences for each Coffee-Break configuration.

The following settings are possible:

[Pause individual Coffee-Breaks](#3-pause-individual-coffee-breaks)
[Set individual Coffee-Break frequency](#3-set-individual-coffee-break-frequency)
[Pause for a specific number of Coffee-Breaks](#3-pause-for-a-specific-number-of-coffee-breaks)
[Deactivate individual Coffee-Break settings](#3-deactivate-individual-coffee-break-settings)


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### Pause individual Coffee-Breaks

1. Click on Manage preferences 
2. Select "Pause this Coffee-Break" from the drop-down menu
3. Click on Next
4. Select a start date for your break (optional)
5. Select an end date for your break
6. Click Create

### Set individual Coffee-Break frequency

1. Click Manage settings
2. Select “Set up your custom Coffee-Break frequency” from the drop-down menu
3. Click Next
4. Select your desired frequency. 
5. Click Create

### Pause for a specific number of Coffee-Breaks

1. Click on Manage settings
2. Select “Pause for a specific number of Coffee-Breaks” from the drop-down menu
3. Click on Next
4. Select how many Coffee-Breaks you want to pause
5. Click on Create

### Deactivate individual Coffee-Break settings

The functions “Pause individual Coffee-Break,” “Set individual Coffee-Break frequency,” and “Pause for a specific number of Coffee-Breaks” can be deactivated again as follows:

1. Click on Manage settings
2. Select “No individual preference” from the drop-down menu
3. Click on Next