![Aria Li](https://web.dev/images/authors/ariiia.jpg) Aria Li


Published: March 3, 2025

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We're excited to announce a new feature for Chrome Web Store developers: the
ability to cancel a review! You can now stop the review process for an item
that's pending review.

The goal of this feature is to let you manage your extensions more easily and
efficiently. When you identify errors in your pending review submission, you can
now quickly cancel the review, make necessary changes, and resubmit the new item
revision without unnecessary delays. We're really happy to finally launch this
feature that many of you have requested.

## How to cancel a review?

To immediately cancel a pending review submission, open the **⋮ View more menu
options** on the **Store listing** page, then click **Cancel review**. This lets
you submit a new revision with a fix without waiting for the current submission
with bugs to complete the review process.
![Screenshot of the developer dashboard menu option for triggering Cancel review.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/chrome-webstore-cancel-review/image/cws-cancel-review-1.jpg) Select "Cancel review" on the \*Store listing\* page to cancel a pending review.

A confirmation dialog appears when you request to cancel a review. Click the
**Cancel review** button to confirm. The submission will be canceled and
returned to a draft state.
![The cancel review confirmation dialog.](https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/chrome-webstore-cancel-review/image/cws-cancel-review-2.jpg) Confirm the cancellation by selecting "Cancel review" in the confirmation dialog.

The cancel review feature is now live. For more information, refer to the
[cancel review documentation](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/cancel-review.md.txt). The Chrome Web
Store team is excited to continue enhancing the extension publishing and
updating process for you.