# Cancel order

This endpoint is used to cancel a limit order which hasn’t already been executed at a given time. Please note that this is a <mark style="background-color:purple;">Private 🔒</mark> route which means it needs to be authorised by the account initiating this request.

> Note: You will need to include the JWT Auth token to request headers to access this endpoint. To get the JWT Auth Token, refer the [login](/tech/api-documentation/account/login.md) section of the documentation.

### Endpoint <a href="#endpoint" id="endpoint"></a>

```bash
POST /sapi/v1/orders/cancel/
```

### Request Headers <a href="#request-headers" id="request-headers"></a>

```json
{
  "Authorization": "JWT ***"
}
```

### Request Body <a href="#request-body" id="request-body"></a>

| Field     | Type    | Mandatory |
| --------- | ------- | --------- |
| order\_id | INTEGER | YES       |

#### Example

```json
{
  "order_id": 3
}
```

#### Response <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

```json
{
    "status": "success",
    "message": "Order is successfully queued for cancellation",
    "payload": {
        "id": 25768879,
        "uuid": "17be02d1-34ef-49df-9b92-264705047d99",
        "side": "buy",
        "ord_type": "limit",
        "price": "68733.81",
        "stop_price": null,
        "avg_price": "68733.81",
        "state": "wait",
        "market": "btcusdc",
        "created_at": "2024-05-31T09:02:00+02:00",
        "updated_at": "2024-05-31T09:02:03+02:00",
        "origin_volume": "0.0425",
        "remaining_volume": "0.0335",
        "executed_volume": "0.009000000000000001",
        "maker_fee": "0.0004",
        "taker_fee": "0.0004",
        "trades_count": 2,
        "cancel_reason": null
    }
}
```

> #### Possible Cancel Reasons:
>
> You may receive the following cancel reasons in the response:
>
> * '**Order cancelled by user**': The user requested to cancel the order directly, or through a bulk cancel request.
> * ‘**Slippage greater than 30%. Order cancelled to prevent loss of funds**’: The order was cancelled because its price changed by more than 30% from the time it was placed to the time it was matched.
> * ‘**Order cancellation was initiated by system**’: The order was cancelled for reasons such as order expiration, slippage exceeding a specified threshold, inconsistent order matching, or detection of suspicious activity. However, cancellations due to these reasons are infrequent.
> * ‘**Something went wrong, order was cancelled to prevent loss of funds**’: The order was cancelled because it didn't meet the matching criteria due to unexpected reasons.


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