# Cancel a batch
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If the batch you published isn't working the way you'd like, you can cancel it.

**To cancel a batch**

1. On the Mechanical Turk Requester website at [https://requester.mturk.com/](https://requester.mturk.com/), choose the **Manage** tab and then choose **Results**.

1. Under **Manage Batches**, choose the arrow next to **Batches in progress**.

1. Choose **Cancel** on the batch you want to delete.

1. In the **Cancel Batch** dialog box, choose **Yes**.

It can take several minutes to cancel a batch. All Workers who accepted assignments before you deleted the batch can continue working on them. The batch won't be completely deleted until all assignments accepted by Workers have been returned, submitted, or abandoned.