Run this Script in PowerShell to stop all your Crawls: Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -SearchApplication "Search Service Application" | ForEach-Object {$_.StopCrawl()} You could also start full Crawls on every Content Source changing the StopCrawl command like this: Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -SearchApplication "Search Service Application" | ForEach-Object {$_.StartFullCrawl()}