---
title: "Cancel signing request (signing link)"
method: POST
path: "/signature_link/cancel_signing_request"
tags: ["Document AI — E-Signatures"]
---

# Cancel signing request (signing link)

`POST /signature_link/cancel_signing_request`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest`
- URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/signature_link/cancel_signing_request`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

WHEN TO USE: cancel a signing LINK that was created with po_signature_links_send_signing_request. For a signature request created with po_esignatures_create_signature_request use po_esignatures_cancel_signature_request. If you do not...

## Request body

- object
  - `request_id` string, required: Signing request ID to cancel.
  - `reason` string: Optional cancellation reason.

## Response `200`

Success

- object: Unterschriftsanfrage stornieren
  - `status` 'success' | 'error', required: HTTP-Level Status
  - `job_id` string, required
  - `message` string: Menschenlesbare Statusmeldung
  - `pipeline` string
  - `operation` string: Ausgefuehrte Operation
  - `processing_time` string: Gesamte Verarbeitungszeit inkl. Queue (Format: 123.45ms)
  - `result` object, required: Das eigentliche Verarbeitungsergebnis
    - `status` 'completed' | 'failed' | 'timeout': Job-Level Status
    - `message` string: Pipeline-spezifische Statusmeldung
    - `duration_ms` string: Reine Pipeline-Verarbeitungszeit in ms
    - `output` object
      - `cancelled` boolean

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Error
- `5XX`: Error

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