diff --git a/webui/plugins/podman/Podman.page b/webui/plugins/podman/Podman.page
index 4c1548b..1ee7649 100644
--- a/webui/plugins/podman/Podman.page
+++ b/webui/plugins/podman/Podman.page
@@ -238,15 +238,17 @@ function podman_asset_version(string $relPath): string
       <div class="podman-grid">
         <div class="podman-card">
           <div class="podman-card-head">
-            <div><h2>Podman Service</h2><div class="sub">Start, restart, or check the podman.sock backend — no terminal needed.</div></div>
+            <div><h2>Podman Service</h2><div class="sub">Start, stop, restart, or check the podman.sock backend — no terminal needed.</div></div>
           </div>
           <div class="podman-card-pad">
             <div class="podman-service-row">
               <span class="podman-chip podman-chip-neutral" id="settings-service-chip"><span class="d"></span>Checking…</span>
               <button class="podman-btn" id="settings-service-status-btn">Refresh Status</button>
               <button class="podman-btn podman-btn-primary" id="settings-service-start-btn">&#9654; Start Podman</button>
+              <button class="podman-btn podman-btn-ghost podman-btn-danger" id="settings-service-stop-btn">&#9632; Stop Podman</button>
               <button class="podman-btn" id="settings-service-restart-btn">&#8635; Restart Podman</button>
             </div>
+            <div class="hint">Stop/Restart first stop all running containers (each gets its own configured grace period) — not just the API service.</div>
             <div class="podman-log-pane" id="settings-service-log" style="display:none;"></div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/webui/plugins/podman/ajax/settings.php b/webui/plugins/podman/ajax/settings.php
index e2792a5..6848406 100644
--- a/webui/plugins/podman/ajax/settings.php
+++ b/webui/plugins/podman/ajax/settings.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  *   autostart_save  POST {"names": ["postgres", "nextcloud", ...]}
  *   service_status  GET  -> {"running": bool, "output": "..."}
  *   service_start   POST -> {"running": bool, "output": "..."}
+ *   service_stop    POST -> {"running": bool, "output": "..."}
  *   service_restart POST -> {"running": bool, "output": "..."}
  */
 
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ switch ($action) {
         podman_json_response(rc_podman('start', 120));
         break;
 
+    case 'service_stop':
+        podman_json_response(rc_podman('stop', 120));
+        break;
+
     case 'service_restart':
         podman_json_response(rc_podman('restart', 120));
         break;
diff --git a/webui/plugins/podman/javascript/settings.js b/webui/plugins/podman/javascript/settings.js
index f682a1e..35a6838 100644
--- a/webui/plugins/podman/javascript/settings.js
+++ b/webui/plugins/podman/javascript/settings.js
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@
     }
   }
 
+  function serviceButtons() {
+    return ['settings-service-status-btn', 'settings-service-start-btn', 'settings-service-stop-btn', 'settings-service-restart-btn']
+      .map(function (id) { return P.el(id); });
+  }
+
   function refreshServiceStatus() {
-    const buttons = [P.el('settings-service-status-btn'), P.el('settings-service-start-btn'), P.el('settings-service-restart-btn')];
+    const buttons = serviceButtons();
     buttons.forEach(function (b) { b.disabled = true; });
     return P.get('settings', 'service_status').then(renderServiceResult).catch(function (err) {
       P.el('settings-service-chip').className = 'podman-chip podman-chip-bad';
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@
   }
 
   function runServiceAction(action) {
-    const buttons = [P.el('settings-service-status-btn'), P.el('settings-service-start-btn'), P.el('settings-service-restart-btn')];
+    const buttons = serviceButtons();
     buttons.forEach(function (b) { b.disabled = true; });
     P.el('settings-service-log').style.display = '';
     P.el('settings-service-log').textContent = 'Working…';
@@ -205,7 +210,14 @@
 
     P.el('settings-service-status-btn').addEventListener('click', refreshServiceStatus);
     P.el('settings-service-start-btn').addEventListener('click', function () { runServiceAction('service_start'); });
-    P.el('settings-service-restart-btn').addEventListener('click', function () { runServiceAction('service_restart'); });
+    P.el('settings-service-stop-btn').addEventListener('click', function () {
+      if (!confirm('Stop podman? All running containers will be stopped first (each with its own configured grace period).')) return;
+      runServiceAction('service_stop');
+    });
+    P.el('settings-service-restart-btn').addEventListener('click', function () {
+      if (!confirm('Restart podman? All running containers will be stopped and podman.sock will be unavailable until it comes back up.')) return;
+      runServiceAction('service_restart');
+    });
     P.el('settings-format-disk-btn').addEventListener('click', openFormatDiskModal);
 
     refreshServiceStatus();