| title | recoveryJobBase: cancel |
|---|---|
| description | Cancel a running recovery or preview job. |
| author | yuhko-msft |
| ms.date | 03/04/2026 |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-id |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
Namespace: microsoft.graph.entraRecoveryServices
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Cancel a running recoveryJobBase object (either a preview or recovery job). The job must be in a non-terminal state (initialized, calculating, loadingData, or running). After cancellation, the job status changes to abandoned.
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Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
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POST /directory/recovery/jobs/{job-id}/cancel| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Don't supply a request body for this method.
If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code with a Location header pointing to the job resource.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/recovery/jobs/3f4a6b60-7c1e-4e7c-9c7b-13f8d44b20c4/cancel[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
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The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/recovery/jobs/3f4a6b60-7c1e-4e7c-9c7b-13f8d44b20c4