Delete a submitted request or request draft
The highlighted information on this page refers to functionality not yet generally available. It is available only in the Preview environment for all customers, or in the Production environment for customers who enabled fast releases.
You can delete submitted requests or request drafts that you created in the new requesting experience. Workfront administrators and Planning workspace administrators can also delete requests.
In the legacy requesting experience, you can delete request drafts. You cannot delete submitted requests.
For information, see:
Access requirements
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| Adobe Workfront package | Any |
| Adobe Workfront license |
Contributor or higher Request or higher |
| Access level configurations |
You must be a Workfront administrator or Planning workspace administrator to delete requests that you did not create. You must have edit access to Issues to delete drafts in the legacy requesting experience. |
| Object permissions |
You must have created the request or draft to delete it in the new requesting experience. You must have edit access to Issues to delete drafts in the legacy requesting experience. |
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For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.
Delete requests in the new requesting experience
You can delete requests in the Requests area of Workfront, or in the My Requests widget in Home.
- Workfront administrators can delete requests in their organization.
- Workfront Planning workspace administrators can delete requests in the Planning workspace that they administer.
- Users can delete requests that they submitted.
To delete a request or draft in the new requesting experience:
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To access the Requests list, click the Main Menu icon
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To access the My Requests widget in Home:
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Locate the My Requests widget.
For more information on the My Requests widget, see Use the My Requests widget.
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In the Requests list or the My Requests widget, hover over the request that you want to delete.
A three-dot More menu appears.
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Click the More menu to the right of the request name, then click Delete.
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Right-click on the selected request, then click Delete.
note tip TIP When you do not have access to create issues, you receive a warning that your administrator restricted you from creating requests. -
In the dialog that opens, click Delete.
The request is deleted.
Delete request drafts in the legacy requesting experience
You can delete drafted requests after they are saved as drafts if you no longer find them relevant. You cannot recover deleted draft requests.
Prerequisites for deleting request drafts
You must do the following before you can delete a request draft:
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Start creating a request. This saves the request as a draft automatically in the Drafts section .
For information about creating requests, see Create and submit Adobe Workfront requests.
Delete a request draft
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Select Drafts in the left panel.
All drafts for all request queues display in this list.
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(Optional) Click Filter by request type in the upper-right corner of the list of drafts, then select the request queue that contains the drafts you want to display.
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Select a draft in the list, then click Delete at the top of the list.
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Click Yes, Delete it.
The draft is deleted and cannot be recovered.