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title: Cancel Insurance Policy (POST)
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version: current
locale: en-us
portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/insurance_developer_guide/connect_resources_cancel_policy.md
canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.insurance_developer_guide.meta/insurance_developer_guide/connect_resources_cancel_policy.htm
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description: Cancel an insurance policy version. You can advance the cancellation date within the policy term, but you can’t postpone the cancellation.
---
# Cancel Insurance Policy (POST)

Cancel an insurance policy version. You can advance the cancellation date within the policy term, but you can’t postpone the cancellation.

## Resource

{policyId} is a placeholder.

/connect/insurance/policies/{policyId}/cancel

## Resource Example

Replace {yourInstance} with the My Domain name of your Salesforce org.

https://{yourInstance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v68.0/connect/insurance/policies/0YTxx000000006TGAQ/cancel
            

## Available Version

63.0

## HTTP Methods

POST

## Request Body for POST

### JSON Example

{
   "effectiveDate": "2024-09-08",
   "transactionRecord":{
      "name" : "Cancel Transaction"
   }
}

### Properties

| Name | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| effectiveDate | String | Date on which the cancellation of the policy goes into effect. | Required | 63.0 |
| transactionRecord | [Insurance Policy Transaction Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.insurance_developer_guide.meta/insurance_developer_guide/connect_requests_insurance_policy_transaction_input.htm "Input representation of the insurance policy transaction details.") \[\] | The JSON structure that overrides the transaction information. | Optional | 63.0 |

## Response Body for POST

[Cancel Policy](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.insurance_developer_guide.meta/insurance_developer_guide/connect_responses_cancel_policy_output.htm "Output representation of cancel policy details.")