## zowe › ca7 › commands › cancel

For CPU jobs, the CANCEL command only removes the job from the queues.
For XPJOB jobs, the CANCEL command removes the job from the queues.
For agent definition jobs (AGJOBs), the CANCEL command sends a request to the agent and removes the job from the queues.

#### Usage

zowe ca7 commands cancel [options]

#### Required Options

- `--ca7num` (string)

  - ca7num=0016

    Defines the unique CA 7 job number (leading zeros are not required) for the job to cancel.
    Limits: 1 to 4 numeric characters

#### Options

- `--force` (string)

  - Specifies to force the cancellation of the job.
    Use of this option can potentially cause CA WA CA 7 Edition to abend; therefore, only use it as a last resort.

- `--reason` (string)

  - Defines the reason for the job cancellation.

    Limits: 1 to 40 alphanumeric characters
    Required: No (depending on initialization options)

#### CA7 Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - Host name of the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - Port for the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - User name for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Password for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

- `--base-path` | `--bp` (string)

  - The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

- `--protocol` | `-o` (string)

  - Specifies protocol to use for CA7 connection (http or https).

    Allowed values: http, https

#### Profile Options

- `--ca7-profile` | `--ca7-p` (string)

  - The name of a (ca7) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

    Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Examples

- Cancel ca7 number, 0016:

  - `zowe ca7 commands cancel --ca7num 0016`