---
title: "CancelProposal defines a method to cancel governance proposal"
method: POST
path: "/cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/CancelProposal"
tags: ["Msg"]
---

# CancelProposal defines a method to cancel governance proposal

`POST /cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/CancelProposal`

## Request body

- CosmosGovV1MsgCancelProposal — MsgCancelProposal is the Msg/CancelProposal request type.
  - `proposal_id` string, uint64 — proposal_id defines the unique id of the proposal.
  - `proposer` string — proposer is the account address of the proposer.

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- CosmosGovV1MsgCancelProposalResponse — MsgCancelProposalResponse defines the response structure for executing a MsgCancelProposal message.
  - `canceled_height` string, uint64 — canceled_height defines the block height at which the proposal is canceled.
  - `canceled_time` string, date-time — canceled_time is the time when proposal is canceled.
  - `proposal_id` string, uint64 — proposal_id defines the unique id of the proposal.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2025-05-21** `3874a03b0e7b` — 1 info
  - api operation id `UpgradeMsg_CancelProposal` removed and replaced with `EvidenceMsg_CancelProposal`
- **2025-05-09** `8dbfaa2bebb2` — 1 info
  - api operation id `CircuitMsg_CancelProposal` removed and replaced with `UpgradeMsg_CancelProposal`
- **2025-04-08** `21a675703a05` — 1 info
  - api operation id `AuthMsg_CancelProposal` removed and replaced with `CircuitMsg_CancelProposal`
- **2025-03-27** `4f349536c8f3` — 1 info
  - api operation id `FeegrantMsg_CancelProposal` removed and replaced with `AuthMsg_CancelProposal`
- **2025-02-24** `2ab9d24288c2` — 1 info
  - api operation id `CircuitMsg_CancelProposal` removed and replaced with `FeegrantMsg_CancelProposal`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/pokt-network/apis/http-api-console/changes/cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/CancelProposal/post.md)

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