# How to stop :timer

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** erlang, phoenix, liveview\
**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/how-to-stop-timer/48290 "2022-06-09T07:51:53Z")\
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Timers are not identified my the message they send, but the reference returned when starting the timer.

```elixir
ref = :timer.send_interval(1000, self(), :tick)
:timer.cancel(ref)

```

In your case you’d need to retain the reference in your state, e.g. in `socket.private`.

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