title	Toggle a Breakpoint
titleSuffix	T-SQL debugger
description	Learn how to toggle a breakpoint to highlight the associated Transact-SQL statement, and to perform various actions on the statement (such as editing).
author	dzsquared
ms.author	drskwier
ms.reviewer	randolphwest
ms.date	09/09/2025
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	ssdt
ms.topic	how-to

Toggle a breakpoint

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

The act of setting a breakpoint on a [!INCLUDE tsql] statement is called toggling a breakpoint.

Breakpoints

Once the breakpoint is set, it's represented by an icon in the gray bar to the left of the statement. The icon is called a breakpoint glyph. [!INCLUDE tsql] breakpoints are applied to a complete [!INCLUDE tsql] statement. When a breakpoint is toggled on, the debugger highlights the associated [!INCLUDE tsql] statement.

If there are multiple [!INCLUDE tsql] statements on a line, you can toggle a breakpoint for each statement. Selecting the gray bar on the left of the window toggles a breakpoint on the first statement on the line. You can toggle a breakpoint in a subsequent statement by highlighting any part of the statement, or moving the cursor into the statement, and then either pressing F9 or selecting Toggle Breakpoint on the Debug menu. If you have multiple breakpoints on a line, there's only one breakpoint glyph in the gray bar on the left.

After a breakpoint is toggled, you can perform various actions on the breakpoint, such as editing its properties or temporarily disabling it. For more information, see Transact-SQL breakpoints.