Title: Scan time
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Scan time

 *  Resolved [sedelstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedelstein/)
 * (@sedelstein)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-time/)
 * Hi, I started my first scan yesterday and the log says “Quick Scan of public_html
   started 14 hours ago and has not finish”. How long should a scan take?
 * Is there a way to stop a scan?
 * Thanks?
    Steve
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 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-time/#post-7686206)
 * Hi Steve,
 * If it was a Quick Scan it will have stopped a few minutes after it started, depending
   on the script timeout settings for PHP on your server. If it failed to complete
   the scan it is probably because your server cannot execute the scan of so many
   files in the time allotted.
 * Also, the scan will not continue to run if you leave the page so it would not
   re running now if you have reloaded the page.
 * Let me know if you have any other questions.
 * Aloha, Eli
 *  Thread Starter [sedelstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedelstein/)
 * (@sedelstein)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-time/#post-7686213)
 * Hi Eli,
 * It looks like the quick scan is still running according to the message below.
   Should I just ignore that message and start another scan to see if it completes?
   What do you recommend?
 * **Last Quick Scan started 23 hours ago and has not finish**
 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-time/#post-7686215)
 * Please feel free to start another scan. As I said before, there is no way that
   the quick scan could sill be running. The fact that is says “did not finish” 
   does not mean that it is still going, it simply means that is did not reach the
   finish (it was aborted or it crashed before it finished, but it is not still 
   going).
 * You could try the Complete Scan, it will take longer but it is more thorough 
   and the progress bar will give you a better idea of how long it will take. You
   will also need to leave the window open and wait for it to finish to get all 
   the results of the scan.
 *  Thread Starter [sedelstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sedelstein/)
 * (@sedelstein)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/scan-time/#post-7686220)
 * I did a complete scan and it worked. Everything seems ok. Thanks,

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