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search:
  tags:
    - Events
    - POST
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  description: >-
    Stops a pending event from waiting when the answer is no longer needed; the
    answer… Reference for the POST /v1/events/{id}/cancel endpoint in the
    EmitKit API.
sidebar:
  label: Cancel an event that waits
  badge: POST
title: Cancel an event that waits
type: openapi-operation
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Stops a pending event from waiting when the answer is no longer needed; the answer page then shows it as no longer needed. Canceling an already canceled event returns it again, so retries are safe.

`POST /v1/events/{id}/cancel`