---
title: Cancel an obligation task
description: Cancel an open obligation task in Obligation Management that is no longer required.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-cancel-ob-task.html
release: australia
product: Contract Management Pro
classification: contract-management-pro
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Obligation Management, Use, Contract Management Pro, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Cancel an obligation task

Cancel an open obligation task in Obligation Management that is no longer required.

## About this task

**Note:** Obligation tasks that are not submitted or awaiting approval are automatically canceled when you deactivate the parent obligation record.

## Before you begin

The task to be cancelled must be in Open, Submitted, or Awaiting approval state.

You must be the group manager of the approver group or the approver of the obligation task.

Role required: sn\_cm\_obligation.obligation\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Open an obligation task from the workspace that you are using.

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**Contract Workspace**

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1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Contract Workspace**.
2.  Select the List icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\).
3.  Select **Obligations**.
4.  Select **Obligation tasks**.
5.  Select the obligation task.


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**Workspace used by your application**

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1.  Navigate to your workspace.
2.  Select a contract request that is in Closed complete or Contract signed state.
3.  Select the **Contract repository** tab.
4.  Select an active contract record.
5.  Select the **Obligations** tab.
6.  Select the obligation task.
7.  Select the **Obligation tasks** tab and then select the obligation task.


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</table>2.  Select **Cancel**.

3.  In the Cancel obligation task window, add a required comment and select **OK**.


## Result

The state of the obligation task changes to Canceled.

**Parent Topic:**[Obligation Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-obligation-management.md)