---
title: "Reject an approval request"
method: POST
path: "/approvals/{requestId}/reject"
tags: ["Approvals (Beta)"]
---

# Reject an approval request

`POST /approvals/{requestId}/reject`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.fireblocks.io/v1`
- URL: `https://api.fireblocks.io/v1/approvals/{requestId}/reject`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fireblocks/apis/fireblocks-api/docs/approvals/:requestId/reject/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Reject a pending approval request as the authenticated API user. No signature is required (unlike approve). The caller must be eligible to act on the request; rejecting finalizes the request as rejected per the approval policy.

Endpoint Permission: Owner, Admin, Non-Signing Admin, Approver, Signer, Security Admin.

## Path parameters

- `requestId` string, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Response `204`

The approval request was rejected.

## Other responses

- `default`: Error Response

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