# Flow Control Action

Use this action to stop the flow execution and return to the user. You can use this action as a mean to stop multiple actions or to suspend temporary or indefinitely any user interaction.

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### Settings

The action uses the following settings:

| Setting         | Description                                                                                                    | [Parsed](https://docs.mylinkconnect.com/actions-and-operations/dynamic-parsing) |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| End Execution   | Setting this flow state will end any other action or operation execution and send back control to the user     | :no\_entry:                                                                     |
| Ban User        | Setting this flow state will start the user ban procedure from the channel                                     | :no\_entry:                                                                     |
| Channel User Id | If specified, the indicated user id will be banned from the channel, otherwise the current user will be banned | :white\_check\_mark:                                                            |
| Band Duration   | The duration of the ban, in minutes. A duration equal to zero means a permanent ban.                           | :white\_check\_mark:                                                            |
| Message         | The message that will be displayed to the user before the ban becomes active                                   | :white\_check\_mark:                                                            |

### Remarks

The Channel User Id can be used to specify a very specific user ban and is currently supported only in Telegram. You can use this setting in a Telegram group chat to ban a very specific user.

All other channels ban are managed directly by MyLINK Connect by locking the chatbot interaction with the specified user.

### Trigger

This action has no trigger.

### Variables

This action does not produce any variable.

### Availability

Channel specific availability follows the table below:

| Channel          | Availability                         |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Facebook         | Fully Available.                     |
| WhatsApp         | Fully Available.                     |
| Telegram         | Fully Available. Channel direct ban. |
| Web              | Fully Available.                     |
| Alexa            | Fully Available.                     |
| Google Assistant | Fully Available.                     |
| Slack            | Fully Available.                     |
| API              | Fully Available.                     |

This action can be used only inside interactions and not as child of other actions. 

### Further Reading

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