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**To cancel a maintenance window execution**
This ``cancel-maintenance-window-execution`` example stops the specified maintenance window execution that is already in progress. ::
aws ssm cancel-maintenance-window-execution \
--window-execution-id j2l8d5b5c-mw66-tk4d-r3g9-1d4d1EXAMPLE
Output::
{
"WindowExecutionId": "j2l8d5b5c-mw66-tk4d-r3g9-1d4d1EXAMPLE"
}
For more information, see `Systems Manager Maintenance Windows Tutorials (AWS CLI) <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/maintenance-windows-tutorials.html>`__ in the *AWS Systems Manager User Guide*.