I start to download el captain, he paused now, how can I cancel

I started to download el captain, he paused now, I have to cancel the download, memory goes to 99%, the system is very very slow, how can I cancel the download

every 5 minutes I hv to restart the mac

Hello

See this thread. How to cancel downloading OS X Yosemite?

You must go to the Launchpad.

Edit: Another method mentioned here. I started the download and now have on 'pause' and wish to completely cancel the download, but don't know how, I have started the download and now have on 'pause' and wish to completely cancel the download, but don't know how...

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