# Ad groups with too many ads

Adalysis will alert you to any ad groups that have more than 3 active ads.

You'll see the alert on your **Audit** **alerts** screen. Click on it for a list or to pause unneeded ads.

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You can change the number of ads that triggers this alert in **Audit** > **Audit settings** > **Prebuilt** > **Ad groups**.
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### **Pause ads in bulk**

Based on the list provided, you can reduce the number of ads in multiple ad groups at once. Simply use the [bulk tool ](/manage/ads/pause-ads-in-bulk.md)under **Tools** > **Pause ads**. With Adalysis, you can:

* Pause a number of the worst-performing ads in each ad group, based on your chosen performance metric.&#x20;
* Leave only a specific number of ads in each ad group, pausing the worst performers.
* Pause all duplicate ads or all ads in selected ad groups at once.
* Skip ads based on their type (RSA, DSA, etc.) or a pre-assigned label.

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### **Pause ads individually**

To pause ads individually, click the ad group name, then select and pause the ads.

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