Check your ad group status
The "Status" column of your Ad groups lets you know if your ad group is active. Based on your ad group's status, you can find out:
- Which of your ad groups are paused, enabled, or other states
- What changes you need to make to an ad group or its campaign
- Whether or not an ad group has been approved based on Google Ads policies
Instructions
- In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon 👁 Campaigns Icon
. - Click the Campaigns drop down in the section menu.
- Click Ad groups.
- Look at the "Status" column to see an ad group’s status.
- You can click the “Status” column heading to reorder your ad groups and sort by status.
What your ad group status means
| Ad group status | What it means |
| Eligible | This ad group’s set to run. It’s a good idea to check the Ads tab to see if policy violations are keeping individual ads from running. |
| Paused | You’ve temporarily stopped this ad group from showing ads. Its ads aren’t running. You can resume the paused ad group to start ads again. |
| Removed | You’ve removed this ad group. Its ads aren’t running. |
| Incomplete | You haven’t set up necessary parts of this ad group (like keywords or ads). Its ads aren’t running. |
| Not Eligible |
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