---
title: stopScanning()
framework: visionkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: visionkit/datascannerviewcontroller/stopscanning()
---

# stopScanning()

Stops scanning the camera’s live video for data.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor func stopScanning()
```

## Mentioned in

Scanning data with the camera

## Discussion

Discussion This method removes all items from the recognizedItems property.

## See Also

### Scanning and recognizing items

- [startScanning()](visionkit/datascannerviewcontroller/startscanning().md)
- [isScanning](visionkit/datascannerviewcontroller/isscanning.md)
- [recognizedItems](visionkit/datascannerviewcontroller/recognizeditems.md)