How to disable a Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline project

Question

I've been creating a few Multibranch Pipeline projects in Jenkins and now

I've "upgraded" to use a GitHub Organization project.

How do I disable the old Multibranch Pipeline projects? I don't see any Disable button anywhere.

Here is a screenshot of what I mean:

Since I can't add a screenshot to a reply, I'm editing my question to include the screenshot to show I have the latest version of the Pipeline Plugin installed, 2.16:

So it looks like disabling a Jenkins multibranch pipeline project is not possible. However, specific branches can be disabled in Project > Configure > Branch Sources > Exception. — slashpai, Dec 17 '17 at 06:16
Go into the configuration page for the multi branch pipeline. Under the Branch Sources, in the Properties section, add a property, and select "Suppress automatic SCM triggering". — varun7447, Apr 02 '18 at 22:51

Amedee Van Gasse · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-17T15:42:33.770

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If you are using a recent version of the Pipeline Job plugin (I am using version 2.25 from Sep 5, 2018) and you do not see the disable option, then you can still disable the job by appending /disable to the URL of the job.

Source:

You would need to be logged in as a user who has access to write/configure builds. And if the build is Pipeline Multibranch you still won't see the disable button. If that's the case, you can append /disable to the project URL to disable it.

https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-27299?focusedCommentId=336904&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-336904

edited Oct 17 '19 at 15:42

answered Sep 12 '18 at 11:46

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how do i re-enable this job back again? – smk Dec 04 '18 at 14:54
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Dunno, have you tried to append `/enable` to the project URL? – Amedee Van Gasse Dec 04 '18 at 15:17

score 27 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '19 at 18:41

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Append /disable to the end of Job URL. Then Jenkins will redirect you to a page where you can Post. Same applies for /enable too

answered Jul 23 '19 at 18:41

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if it throws permission error then just scan the project and it will enable all the branches. – 10raw Nov 19 '20 at 18:18
This just repeats my answer from 2018. Downvoting. – Amedee Van Gasse Apr 03 '23 at 12:36

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '18 at 22:51

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Go into the configuration page for the multi branch pipeline. Under the Branch Sources, in the Properties section, add a property, and select "Suppress automatic SCM triggering".

answered Apr 02 '18 at 22:51

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useful... but looks like that is deprecated. Wasn't able to find when it will be actually removed. – John Dec 19 '18 at 20:58
In 2.121 that makes it so that a scan for updating which branches exist will not trigger a build when it finds a new branch – Lee Meador Jan 07 '19 at 21:08

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 17:14

The Multibranch plugin I installed is 2.21. No "Disable" option is available (at least I didn't see it). I did the following to disable the multibranch pipeline: Open the pipeline -> Configure -> uncheck Periodically if not otherwise run under Scan Multibranch Pipeline Triggers

slashpai · Answer 5 · 2017-12-17T06:20:13.870

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You are not seeing the disable option may be because you are using an older version of pipeline job plugin. The feature to disable job was added in version 2.11 released in May 2017. Refer change log of pipeline job plugin and try updating your plugin to latest.

For multi branch pipeline specific branches can be disabled in Project > Configure > Branch Sources > Exception

edited Dec 17 '17 at 06:20

answered Dec 16 '17 at 19:29

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I am using Pipeline Job plugin version 2.25 (Sep 5, 2018) and I cannot disable a pipeline job. I used "Suppress automatic SCM triggering" instead. – Amedee Van Gasse Sep 12 '18 at 11:40

How to disable a Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline project

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