well, actually, there is no way to turn a tamagotchi off. There is only one way. Put the paper that was beside the tamagotchi in the place. The digital picture won't show anything. When I first got my tamagotchi, I kept on doing that. If you do that, it makes your tamagotchi to reset. Let's say your tamagotchi is a teenager and it just turned into 2 years old. If you put the paper in and press download, your tamagotchi becomes 1 year old and nothing can change that. Try pressing the buttons A+B for pausing. Hope I helped!!! <_<