## Enabling a Watchpoint

Enable a watchpoint to have it halt program execution when its associated memory location changes value. Enabling a watchpoint that you previously disabled is easier than clearing it and re-creating it from scratch.

Figure 1. Enabled watchpoint example in Breakpoints view

#### Enabling Watchpoints

- Click the checkbox next to the watchpoint in the Breakpoints view list

A checkmark in the checkbox () next to the watchpoint indicates the watchpoint is enabled.

##### Related concepts

- Watchpoints
- Breakpoints

##### Related tasks

- Setting Watchpoints
- Enabling Watchpoints
- Disabling Watchpoints
- Clearing Watchpoints

##### Related references

- Breakpoints view