---
title: "Cancel a fax"
method: POST
path: "/faxes/{id}/actions/cancel"
tags: ["Programmable Fax Commands"]
---

# Cancel a fax

`POST /faxes/{id}/actions/cancel`

Cancel the outbound fax that is in one of the following states: `queued`, `media.processed`, `originated` or `sending`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `202`

Successful response upon accepting cancel fax command

- object
  - `data` object
    - `result` string

## Other responses

- `404` — The requested resource does not exist
- `422` — Unprocessable entity. The request was well-formed but contains semantic errors.
- `default` — Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api-2.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api-2/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/team-telnyx/telnyx-api-2/revisions/1571b0380bd7/schema)