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title: Cancel a purchase order
description: You can cancel purchase orders with a status of Requested, Ordered, or Pending Delivery.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Cancel a purchase order

You can cancel purchase orders with a status of **Requested**, **Ordered**, or **Pending Delivery**.

## Before you begin

Role required: procurement\_admin or procurement\_user

## About this task

Purchase order line items can also be canceled from a purchase order.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Procurement** > **Orders** > **Purchase Orders**.

2.  Open a purchase order to cancel.

3.  Click **Cancel**.

    All associated purchase order line items that have not been received are canceled. Any assets created for the purchase order are deleted.


**Parent Topic:**[Create a purchase order](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/procurement/t_CreateAPurchaseOrder.md)