When you edit keywords, can you pause them somehow rather than deleting them? e.g. something like this: keyword**3.00**pause
There is no pause keyword function. I use 2 workarounds: 1) Move the pause-keywords to a adgroup called [Paused Keywords]. The [Paused Keywords] Group may had no ad inside it. - or - 2) set the bid price with a very low bid value and positioning value for a very high value: keyword ** 0.01 ** #1 For (1) always use keyword tool to move keywords to do not loose quality score. For (2) there is a low chance to still receive low impression for paused keywords. for (1) and (2) there is a chance to do not has the same quality score history when you decide to resume the keywords again.