# Fewer processes in @parallel macro

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fewer-processes-in-parallel-macro/11521
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [June 7, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fewer-processes-in-parallel-macro/11521 "2018-06-07T20:27:08Z")
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### Author: ![tk3369](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tk3369/32/2824_2.png) [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fewer-processes-in-parallel-macro/11521/1 "2018-06-07T20:27:08Z")

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I have a large worker pool but occasionally I do not want to utilize all workers. Is there any way to make it use fewer processes with the `@parallel` macro? Or should I use some other parallel processing functions?