---
title: "Decline a partner referral request"
method: POST
path: "/partner_referral_requests/{id}/decline"
tags: ["Partner Referral Requests"]
---

# Decline a partner referral request

`POST /partner_referral_requests/{id}/decline`

Denies a pending manual request as a current business owner. Repeating denial returns the denied request. Use a Whop login session or an account API key with `partner:referral_request:decline`. The key must have been created by the account's current owner. Account API keys can respond only to requests for the key's account.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Response `200`

Request resolved.

- PartnerReferralRequest
  - `account` AccountSummary, required
    - `id` string, required — Account ID, prefixed `biz_`.
    - `title` string, required — Account display name.
  - `code` string, nullable, required — Unique referral code, when assigned.
  - `created_at` string, required — When the request was created, as an ISO 8601 timestamp.
  - `id` string, required — Partner referral request ID, prefixed `prfr_`.
  - `max_redemptions` integer, nullable, required — Maximum permitted redemptions, when limited.
  - `partner` UserSummary, required
    - `id` string, required — User ID, prefixed `user_`.
    - `name` string, nullable, required — Display name.
    - `profile_picture` UserProfilePicture, required
      - `url` string, required — Avatar image URL. Always present — a generated placeholder when the user set no picture.
    - `username` string, required — Public username.
  - `request_type` 'manual' | 'ownership_transfer' | 'reward_link', required — How the referral request was initiated.
  - `status` 'pending' | 'accepted' | 'denied' | 'cancelled' | 'null', nullable, required — The approval state, or null for requests without an approval process.
  - `updated_at` string, required — When the request last changed, as an ISO 8601 timestamp.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — Conflict

## Changes

> 63 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-18** `355991ab86d5` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/whop/apis/whop-api/changes/partner_referral_requests/:id/decline/post.md)

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