---
title: "Cancel a running query job"
method: DELETE
path: "/query/jobs/{jobId}"
tags: ["Query"]
---

# Cancel a running query job

`DELETE /query/jobs/{jobId}`

Cancels a running job. The response always returns the current terminal status plus
a `canceled` flag that tells you whether this request changed the job state.

## Path parameters

- `jobId` string, required

## Response `200`

Current job state after the cancel attempt

## Other responses

- `404` — Resource not found

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