Recall submitted approvals
You can recall any of the following objects submitted for approval:
- Projects
- Tasks
- Issues
- Timesheets
- Documents
- Access Requests
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
Projects
When you recall a project approval, the project returns to the status it was in prior to the initiation of the approval process.
If you recall an approval that is associated with the beginning status of the project, the approval process is bypassed and the project remains in the beginning status.
To recall a project approval you submitted:
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click a Project approval in the Work List.
This opens the project on the right of the Work List.
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Click Recall in the upper-right corner of the right panel.
Tasks
When you recall a task approval, the task returns to the status it was in prior to the initiation of the approval process.
If you recall an approval that is associated with the beginning status of the task, the approval process is bypassed and the task remains in the beginning status.
To recall a task approval you submitted:
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click a Task approval in the Work List.
This opens the task to the right of the Work List.
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Click Recall in the upper-right corner of the right panel.
Issues
When you recall an issue approval, the issue returns to the status it was in prior to the initiation of the approval process.
If you recall an approval that is associated with the beginning status of the issue, the approval process is bypassed and the issue remains in the beginning status.
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click an Issue approval in the Work List.
This opens the issue to the right of the Work List.
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Click Recall in the upper-right corner of the right panel.
Timesheets
When you recall a timesheet approval, the timesheet returns to the status it was in before it was submitted for approval.
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click a Timesheet approval in the Work List.
This opens the timesheet to the right of the Work List.
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Click Recall in the upper-right corner of the right panel.
Documents
To recall a document approval, you must manually remove one or all users from the approval.
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click a Document approval in the Work List.
This opens the document to the right of the Work List.
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Click Manage Approvals in the upper-right corner of the right panel. This opens the Manage Approvals box.
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Click the Remove icon inline with the name of a user inside the Manage Approvals box. Remove all users to completely recall the document approval.
Access Requests
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Click the Home icon
note note NOTE Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment: - Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
- Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu
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In the Work List area, navigate to the Approvals I’ve Submitted grouping.
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Click an Access Request approval in the Work List.
This opens the access request to the right of the Work List.
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Click Recall in the upper-right corner of the right panel.