diff --git a/share b/share
index b74453b..31362d5 100755
Binary files a/share and b/share differ
diff --git a/src/cli/cli.go b/src/cli/cli.go
index 1ab43fe..f602674 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.go
+++ b/src/cli/cli.go
@@ -35,22 +35,34 @@ USAGE EXAMPLES:
    Join a room to receive whatever's shared there (and help re-share it):
       share secret-code
 
-   See what rooms are currently active:
+   See what rooms are currently active (or paused):
       share status
 
    Stop the background daemon (leaves every room it's in):
       share stop
 
+   Pause just one room, without affecting any other room or the daemon —
+   it stays in "share status" and can be resumed later:
+      share stop secret-code
+
+   Forget one room entirely (it stops showing up in "share status" and
+   won't come back on a restart):
+      share leave secret-code
+
    Restart the background daemon (e.g. after upgrading the binary) —
    rooms it was in resume automatically:
       share restart
 
+   Restart (or resume a paused) room on its own:
+      share restart secret-code
+
 COMMANDS:
    send     seed file(s) into a room (see options with: share send -h)
    relay    start your own relay (optional; see options with: share relay -h)
-   status   show the rooms the background daemon is currently in
-   stop     stop the background daemon and leave every room
-   restart  stop and relaunch the background daemon
+   status   show the rooms the background daemon knows about
+   stop     stop the daemon, or pause just one room if given a room code
+   leave    forget one specific room for good
+   restart  restart the daemon, or just one room if given a room code
    daemon   run the background daemon in the foreground (mostly for debugging)
 
 Run "share [command] -h" for the options of a given command.
@@ -87,6 +99,8 @@ func Run() error {
 			return runRelay(splice(args, i))
 		case "stop":
 			return runStop(splice(args, i))
+		case "leave":
+			return runLeave(splice(args, i))
 		case "restart":
 			return runRestart(splice(args, i))
 		case "status":
@@ -244,12 +258,21 @@ func runRelay(args []string) error {
 func runStop(args []string) error {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("stop", flag.ExitOnError)
 	fs.Usage = func() {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "share stop")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "share stop [room-code]")
 	}
 	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if code := fs.Arg(0); code != "" {
+		if err := daemon.StopRoom(code); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Stopped room %s; it's still remembered — \"share status\" will show it, and \"share restart %s\" resumes it.\n", code, code)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if err := daemon.Stop(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return nil
@@ -258,10 +281,33 @@ func runStop(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func runLeave(args []string) error {
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("leave", flag.ExitOnError)
+	fs.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "share leave room-code")
+	}
+	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	code := fs.Arg(0)
+	if code == "" {
+		fs.Usage()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := daemon.Leave(code); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Left room %s.\n", code)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func runRestart(args []string) error {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("restart", flag.ExitOnError)
 	fs.Usage = func() {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "share restart [options]")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "share restart [options] [room-code]")
 		fs.PrintDefaults()
 	}
 	debug := fs.Bool("debug", false, "toggle debug mode for the relaunched daemon")
@@ -269,6 +315,14 @@ func runRestart(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if code := fs.Arg(0); code != "" {
+		if err := daemon.RestartRoom(code); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Restarting room %s.\n", code)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if daemon.IsRunning() {
 		if err := daemon.Stop(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not stop the running daemon: %w", err)
@@ -300,16 +354,25 @@ func runStatus(args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if len(rooms) == 0 {
-		fmt.Println("No active rooms.")
+		fmt.Println("No rooms.")
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	for _, r := range rooms {
-		peerWord := "peers"
-		if r.Peers == 1 {
-			peerWord = "peer"
+		state := "running"
+		detail := fmt.Sprintf(", %d peer", r.Peers)
+		if r.Peers != 1 {
+			detail += "s"
+		}
+		if r.Stopped {
+			state = "stopped"
+			detail = ""
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Room %s (%s%s)\n", r.Code, state, detail)
+		fmt.Printf("  relay: %s\n", r.RelayAddress)
+		if r.Stopped {
+			fmt.Printf("  run \"share restart %s\" to resume\n", r.Code)
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("Room %s (%d %s)\n", r.Code, r.Peers, peerWord)
 		for _, f := range r.Files {
 			state := "in progress"
 			if f.Complete {
diff --git a/src/daemon/client.go b/src/daemon/client.go
index 84df207..23d34e2 100644
--- a/src/daemon/client.go
+++ b/src/daemon/client.go
@@ -95,6 +95,40 @@ func Stop() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// StopRoom pauses one specific room without affecting any other room or
+// the daemon itself. Unlike Leave, the room stays remembered — it still
+// shows up in Status and resumes on the next daemon restart, and can be
+// restarted on its own with RestartRoom.
+func StopRoom(code string) error {
+	if !IsRunning() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("daemon is not running")
+	}
+	_, err := call(request{Action: "stop-room", Code: code})
+	return err
+}
+
+// Leave tells the running daemon to stop participating in one specific
+// room, without affecting any other room or the daemon itself. Unlike
+// StopRoom, the room is forgotten — it will not resume on the next
+// restart and stops showing up in Status.
+func Leave(code string) error {
+	if !IsRunning() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("daemon is not running")
+	}
+	_, err := call(request{Action: "leave", Code: code})
+	return err
+}
+
+// RestartRoom tells the running daemon to stop and rejoin one specific
+// room with its original settings, without affecting any other room.
+func RestartRoom(code string) error {
+	if !IsRunning() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("daemon is not running")
+	}
+	_, err := call(request{Action: "restart-room", Code: code})
+	return err
+}
+
 // WaitUntilStopped polls until the daemon is no longer reachable, or
 // returns an error once timeout elapses. Useful right after Stop, since
 // its response is sent before the daemon has necessarily finished tearing
diff --git a/src/daemon/protocol.go b/src/daemon/protocol.go
index 894941f..b5080cb 100644
--- a/src/daemon/protocol.go
+++ b/src/daemon/protocol.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import "github.com/tzgyn/share/src/swarm"
 // request/response are the only vocabulary spoken over the control
 // socket between a CLI invocation and the background daemon.
 type request struct {
-	Action string       `json:"action"` // "join", "stop", or "status"
+	Action string       `json:"action"` // "join", "stop-room", "leave", "restart-room", "stop", or "status"
 	Join   *joinRequest `json:"join,omitempty"`
+	Code   string       `json:"code,omitempty"` // "stop-room"/"leave"/"restart-room" only
 }
 
 // joinRequest asks the daemon to start participating in a room. Paths
diff --git a/src/daemon/server.go b/src/daemon/server.go
index 536e167..1c26616 100644
--- a/src/daemon/server.go
+++ b/src/daemon/server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -12,9 +13,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tzgyn/share/src/swarm"
 )
 
+// activeRoom pairs a running room with the request that started it, so a
+// per-room restart can rejoin with identical settings.
+type activeRoom struct {
+	client *swarm.Client
+	req    joinRequest
+}
+
 type server struct {
 	mu    sync.Mutex
-	rooms map[string]*swarm.Client
+	rooms map[string]*activeRoom
+	// leaving/restarting record intent for the *next* time a room's Wait
+	// resolves, set right before calling Stop so the room's own
+	// completion goroutine (started in join) knows what to do next.
+	leaving    map[string]bool
+	restarting map[string]bool
 }
 
 // Serve runs the daemon: it listens on the control socket and services
@@ -41,7 +54,11 @@ func Serve() error {
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(path)
 
-	s := &server{rooms: make(map[string]*swarm.Client)}
+	s := &server{
+		rooms:      make(map[string]*activeRoom),
+		leaving:    make(map[string]bool),
+		restarting: make(map[string]bool),
+	}
 	log.Infof("daemon listening on %s", path)
 
 	// Resuming persisted rooms happens in the background, not before the
@@ -108,6 +125,39 @@ func (s *server) handleConn(conn net.Conn) (shutdown bool) {
 		}
 		respond(conn, response{OK: true})
 		return false
+	case "stop-room":
+		if req.Code == "" {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: "missing room code"})
+			return false
+		}
+		if err := s.stopRoom(req.Code); err != nil {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: err.Error()})
+			return false
+		}
+		respond(conn, response{OK: true})
+		return false
+	case "leave":
+		if req.Code == "" {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: "missing room code"})
+			return false
+		}
+		if err := s.leave(req.Code); err != nil {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: err.Error()})
+			return false
+		}
+		respond(conn, response{OK: true})
+		return false
+	case "restart-room":
+		if req.Code == "" {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: "missing room code"})
+			return false
+		}
+		if err := s.restartRoom(req.Code); err != nil {
+			respond(conn, response{OK: false, Error: err.Error()})
+			return false
+		}
+		respond(conn, response{OK: true})
+		return false
 	case "stop":
 		respond(conn, response{OK: true})
 		return true
@@ -146,7 +196,7 @@ func (s *server) join(req joinRequest) error {
 	}
 
 	s.mu.Lock()
-	s.rooms[req.Code] = cl
+	s.rooms[req.Code] = &activeRoom{client: cl, req: req}
 	s.mu.Unlock()
 	log.Infof("joined room %s", req.Code)
 
@@ -156,22 +206,39 @@ func (s *server) join(req joinRequest) error {
 
 	go func() {
 		err := cl.Wait()
+
 		s.mu.Lock()
 		delete(s.rooms, req.Code)
+		leftDeliberately := s.leaving[req.Code]
+		restart := s.restarting[req.Code]
+		delete(s.leaving, req.Code)
+		delete(s.restarting, req.Code)
 		s.mu.Unlock()
-		if err != nil {
+
+		switch {
+		case restart:
+			log.Infof("restarting room %s", req.Code)
+			if err := s.join(req); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("could not restart room %s: %v", req.Code, err)
+			}
+		case err != nil:
 			log.Errorf("room %s ended: %v", req.Code, err)
-		} else if req.OneTime {
+		case leftDeliberately:
+			log.Infof("left room %s", req.Code)
+			if err := removePersistedRoom(req.Code); err != nil {
+				log.Warnf("could not remove persisted room %s: %v", req.Code, err)
+			}
+		case req.OneTime:
 			// finished on its own, not stopped — a one-shot fetch, don't
 			// resume it on the next restart
 			log.Infof("room %s finished", req.Code)
 			if err := removePersistedRoom(req.Code); err != nil {
 				log.Warnf("could not remove persisted room %s: %v", req.Code, err)
 			}
-		} else {
-			// a non-one-time room only stops via an explicit Stop (i.e.
-			// "share stop", shutting the whole daemon down) — leave it
-			// persisted so it resumes next time the daemon starts.
+		default:
+			// only stops via an explicit Stop/leave/restart — if none of
+			// those set a flag above, this was "share stop" shutting the
+			// whole daemon down, so leave it persisted to resume next time
 			log.Infof("room %s stopped", req.Code)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -179,21 +246,142 @@ func (s *server) join(req joinRequest) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// stopRoom pauses one room without forgetting it: it stays in rooms.json
+// and shows up (as stopped) in Status, so its code can be looked up and
+// handed to restartRoom later. This is the single-room equivalent of
+// "share stop" with no code, just scoped to one room.
+func (s *server) stopRoom(code string) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	room, ok := s.rooms[code]
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not in room %s", code)
+	}
+	room.client.Stop()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// leave ends this room's participation and forgets it: it will not
+// resume on the next daemon start, and won't be listed by Status. Works
+// whether the room is currently active or already paused via stopRoom.
+func (s *server) leave(code string) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	room, active := s.rooms[code]
+	if active {
+		s.leaving[code] = true
+	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if active {
+		room.client.Stop() // its completion goroutine removes the persisted entry
+		return nil
+	}
+	return forgetIfPersisted(code)
+}
+
+func forgetIfPersisted(code string) error {
+	persisted, err := loadPersistedRooms()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, req := range persisted {
+		if req.Code == code {
+			return removePersistedRoom(code)
+		}
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("not in room %s", code)
+}
+
+// restartRoom stops (if currently active) or picks back up (if already
+// paused) one room with the exact settings it was originally joined
+// with, without touching any other room.
+func (s *server) restartRoom(code string) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	room, active := s.rooms[code]
+	if active {
+		s.restarting[code] = true
+	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if active {
+		room.client.Stop() // its completion goroutine rejoins with the same request
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	persisted, err := loadPersistedRooms()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, req := range persisted {
+		if req.Code == code {
+			return s.join(req)
+		}
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("not in room %s", code)
+}
+
 func (s *server) stopAll() {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	for code, cl := range s.rooms {
+	for code, room := range s.rooms {
 		log.Infof("leaving room %s", code)
-		cl.Stop()
+		room.client.Stop()
 	}
 }
 
+// status reports every active room plus every persisted-but-stopped
+// room (paused via stopRoom, or resumed-but-not-yet-active), so a stopped
+// room's code stays visible in "share status" for restarting later.
 func (s *server) status() []swarm.RoomStatus {
 	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	statuses := make([]swarm.RoomStatus, 0, len(s.rooms))
-	for _, cl := range s.rooms {
-		statuses = append(statuses, cl.Status())
+	active := make(map[string]bool, len(s.rooms))
+	for code, room := range s.rooms {
+		statuses = append(statuses, room.client.Status())
+		active[code] = true
+	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	persisted, err := loadPersistedRooms()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("could not load persisted rooms for status: %v", err)
+		return statuses
+	}
+	for _, req := range persisted {
+		if !active[req.Code] {
+			statuses = append(statuses, stoppedRoomStatus(req))
+		}
 	}
 	return statuses
 }
+
+// stoppedRoomStatus reports what's on record for a paused room, so its
+// display looks the same as a running one: relay address always, and
+// file details for a seeding room (its files are always fully present
+// locally, so their progress is trivially "complete"). A receiving
+// room's file details aren't knowable until it reconnects and gets a
+// manifest, so those are simply omitted rather than guessed at.
+func stoppedRoomStatus(req joinRequest) swarm.RoomStatus {
+	files := make([]swarm.FileStatus, 0, len(req.Files))
+	for _, path := range req.Files {
+		info, err := os.Stat(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("could not stat %s for status: %v", path, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		chunks := swarm.NumChunks(info.Size())
+		files = append(files, swarm.FileStatus{
+			Name:        filepath.Base(path),
+			Size:        info.Size(),
+			HaveChunks:  chunks,
+			TotalChunks: chunks,
+			Complete:    true,
+		})
+	}
+	return swarm.RoomStatus{
+		Code:         req.Code,
+		RelayAddress: req.RelayAddress,
+		Stopped:      true,
+		Files:        files,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/swarm/client.go b/src/swarm/client.go
index 9770232..12a66cb 100644
--- a/src/swarm/client.go
+++ b/src/swarm/client.go
@@ -150,11 +150,16 @@ type FileStatus struct {
 	Complete    bool
 }
 
-// RoomStatus summarizes one room this client is participating in.
+// RoomStatus summarizes one room this client is participating in. A
+// stopped room (Stopped true) has no live Client to report Peers from,
+// but RelayAddress/Files are still filled in from what's on record so
+// the display looks the same whether the room is running or paused.
 type RoomStatus struct {
-	Code  string
-	Peers int
-	Files []FileStatus
+	Code         string
+	RelayAddress string
+	Stopped      bool
+	Peers        int
+	Files        []FileStatus
 }
 
 // Status reports this room's current code, peer count, and per-file
@@ -179,9 +184,10 @@ func (cl *Client) Status() RoomStatus {
 		}
 	}
 	return RoomStatus{
-		Code:  cl.opts.Code,
-		Peers: len(distinctPeers),
-		Files: files,
+		Code:         cl.opts.Code,
+		RelayAddress: cl.opts.RelayAddress,
+		Peers:        len(distinctPeers),
+		Files:        files,
 	}
 }