Hyundai Santa Fe: To cancel cruise control, do one of the following

Third generation DM (2013–2019) / Hyundai Santa Fe DM 2013-2019 Owner's Manual / Driving your vehicle / Cruise control system / To cancel cruise control, do one of the following

Depress the brake pedal.
Shift into N (Neutral) with an automatic transaxle.
Press the CANCEL switch located on the steering wheel.
Decrease the vehicle speed lower than the memory speed by 9 mph (15 km/h).
Decrease the vehicle speed to less than approximately 25 mph (40 km/h).

Each of these actions will cancel cruise control operation (the SET indicator light in the instrument cluster will go off), but it will not turn the system off. If you wish to resume cruise control operation, move up the lever (to RES+) located on your steering wheel.You will return to your previously preset speed.

To temporarily accelerate with the cruise control on

If you want to speed up temporarily when the cruise control is on, depress the accelerator pedal. Increased speed will not interfere with cruise control operation or change the set speed. To retu ...

To resume cruising speed at more than approximately 25 mph (40 km/h)

If any method other than the CRUISE button was used to cancel cruising speed and the system is still activated, the most recent set speed will automatically resume when you move the lever up ( ...