---
title: "Cancels a currently running template deployment."
method: POST
path: "/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/{deploymentName}/cancel"
tags: ["Deployments"]
---

# Cancels a currently running template deployment.

`POST /providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/{deploymentName}/cancel`

You can cancel a deployment only if the provisioningState is Accepted or Running. After the deployment is canceled, the provisioningState is set to Canceled. Canceling a template deployment stops the currently running template deployment and leaves the resources partially deployed.

## Path parameters

- `deploymentName` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Response `204`

No Content

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response describing why the operation failed.

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