---
title: "Remove from approval flow"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/compensation/planning_cycles/{id}/approvals/employee/{employeeId}"
tags: ["Compensation Planning", "Public API"]
---

# Remove from approval flow

`DELETE /api/v1/compensation/planning_cycles/{id}/approvals/employee/{employeeId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://companySubDomain.bamboohr.com`
- URL: `https://companySubDomain.bamboohr.com/api/v1/compensation/planning_cycles/{id}/approvals/employee/{employeeId}`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `/authorize.php`
  - Token URL: `/token.php` scopes: `planning_cycles.write`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/bamboohr/apis/bamboohr-api/docs/api/v1/compensation/planning_cycles/:id/approvals/employee/:employeeId/delete.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Remove an employee from all approval chains for a specific cycle.

OAuth Scopes: planning_cycles.write

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required
- `employeeId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `groupBy` string

## Response `200`

Updated approval flows after removal

- object

## Other responses

- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `922fc15f43a7`: 1 info
  - api operation id `b1e467e0eef72350eec61fcfeaf4e19d` removed and replaced with `387c81765f960b0fd577859875c8decc`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/bamboohr/apis/bamboohr-api/changes/api/v1/compensation/planning_cycles/:id/approvals/employee/:employeeId/delete.md)

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