---
title: "CancelTransaction"
method: POST
path: "/v2/vaults/{vault_id}/transactions/{transaction_id}:cancel"
tags: ["Transactions"]
---

# CancelTransaction

`POST /v2/vaults/{vault_id}/transactions/{transaction_id}:cancel`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.utila.io`
- URL: `https://api.utila.io/v2/vaults/{vault_id}/transactions/{transaction_id}:cancel`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/utila/apis/utila-api/docs/v2/vaults/:vault_id/transactions/:transaction_id:cancel/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Cancels a transaction. Used to cancel a transaction before it is signed.

Only the transaction's initiator or an admin can cancel a transaction.

If the transaction has already been signed, use
[ReplaceTransaction](#tag/Transactions/operation/Transactions_ReplaceTransaction) instead.

## Path parameters

- `vault_id` string, required
- `transaction_id` string, required

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- V2CancelTransactionResponse

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