# How to revoke a leave request

**For:** Manager | Admin
**You'll need:** A leave request with status **'Confirmed'**.

You'll undo a previously-approved request — moving it from **'Confirmed'** to **'Revoked'**, putting the hours back, and removing the absence from the calendar.

## Open the request

1. In the left sidebar, go to **Company → Leave requests**.
2. (Optional) Filter to status **'Confirmed'** to find it faster.
3. Click the row of the request you want to revoke.

## Revoke

1. In the **'Admin notes'** textarea, add the reason — the worker cancelled, schedule changed, mistaken approval.
2. Click **'Revoke'**.
3. In the **'Revoke leave request?'** dialog, click **'Revoke leave request'** to confirm.

## What happens

- Status flips to **'Revoked'**.
- The original leave-balance transaction is reversed. A new ledger row posts the hours back to the worker's balance with the opposite sign.
- The calendar event is removed from the schedule.
- **'Reviewed by'** and **'Reviewed at'** are re-stamped with you and the current time.

## Verify it worked

The request reloads with a **'Revoked'** badge. The action buttons disappear — **'Revoked'** is terminal. In the {doc}`/manage-leave/leave-transactions/view-the-leave-ledger`, the latest row is the reversal, signed positive against the original booking.

```{warning}
Revoke is for already-confirmed requests. To delete a request that was never confirmed, use {doc}`delete-a-leave-request` instead — confirmed and revoked rows stay for audit.
```

## Related

- {doc}`review-a-leave-request`
- {doc}`approve-a-leave-request`
- {doc}`delete-a-leave-request`
- {doc}`/manage-leave/leave-transactions/view-the-leave-ledger`