Shear walls are a critical structural element in high-rise buildings, providing resistance against lateral forces such as wind andearthquakes. However, the conventional design approach often extends shear walls continuously throughout the building height, which maylead to material overuse and unnecessary increase in construction cost. Curtailment of shear walls, i.e., strategic reduction in wall length ordiscontinuation beyond certain floors, offers potential optimization without compromising safety and serviceability. This review examinesexisting research and case studies related to shear wall curtailment in multi-storey structures. The focus lies on analyzing structural behavior,displacement control, base shear distribution, and cost efficiency under varying seismic zones. Various analytical methods, including finiteelement analysis in ETABS, STAAD Pro, and ANSYS, are reviewed. The study concludes that optimized curtailment can maintainperformance while improving cost-effectiveness, provided careful evaluation of seismic demand, building height, and stiffness distributionundertaken.Keywords: Curtailment of shear wall, Multi-storey building, Seismic analysis, Storey drift, Base shear, Optimization