---
title: "Disqualify candidate from active applications"
method: POST
path: "/candidates/{id}/disqualify"
tags: ["Candidates"]
---

# Disqualify candidate from active applications

`POST /candidates/{id}/disqualify`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.100hires.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.100hires.com/v2/candidates/{id}/disqualify`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Disqualifies candidate applications in one action and returns affected application IDs. Typical for policy-driven rejection or bulk automation rules.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- CandidateDisqualifyRequest
  - `reasons` union[]: Array of rejection reason IDs from GET /taxonomy/rejection-reasons.
    - union
      - integer
      - string

## Response `200`

Disqualified

- CandidateDisqualifyResponse
  - `success` boolean, required: Whether disqualification succeeded.
  - `rejected_applications` integer[], required: Array of rejected application IDs.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `415`: Content-Type must be application/json
- `429`: Too many requests

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