---
title: "POST /v2/{+name}:cancel"
method: POST
path: "/v2/{+name}:cancel"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v2/{+name}:cancel

`POST /v2/{+name}:cancel`

Starts asynchronous cancellation on a long-running DlpJob. The server makes a best effort to cancel the DlpJob, but success is not guaranteed. See https://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/inspecting-storage and https://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/compute-risk-analysis to learn more.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- GooglePrivacyDlpV2CancelDlpJobRequest — The request message for canceling a DLP job.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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