---
title: "Editing and deleting requests"
slug: "editing-and-deleting-requests"
description: "Edit or delete purchases in the Payhawk spend management platform: update suppliers, descriptions or items and delete unsubmitted requests before approval."
updated: 2026-10-27T16:03:10Z
published: 2026-10-27T16:03:10Z
canonical: "payhawk.com/editing-and-deleting-requests"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://payhawk.com/help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Editing and deleting requests

You can edit your request before it's approved or if it's been returned to you for updates. Before the request is approved, you can also remove it.

## Specifics

- Requests that have been returned to you to update by authorized people at your company will be automatically placed under the **Submit** tab. The return action will be reflected in the request audit log under its **Activity** tab.
- Requests that have been updated by authorized people or roles at your company at the **Review**, **Approve**, **Receive**, **Invoice**, or **Close** step will be automatically placed in the **Submit** tab. To proceed with such requests, you need to resubmit them.

## Editing requests

You can edit a request either before its approval or if it has been returned to you for updates by authorized people or roles at your company. In both cases, the request will be located under the **Submit** tab.

To edit a request:

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Requests**.
2. Select the desired request.
3. Click on its three-dot menu and select **Edit**. As a result, the request will move under the **Submit** tab.

![The header of an open request with the three-dot menu open on Relate to, Edit, Change owner, Duplicate and Close.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/navigation-redesign-didi_20261009_ai/editing-and-deleting-requests-01_20261009_ai.png)
4. Make the desired updates and click on **Submit**.

> [!TIP]
> The request name is generated from the description when the request is created. Editing the description later does not automatically rename the request. If the name still shows new request (or is otherwise inaccurate), edit the request name, then resubmit the request.

## Deleting requests

You can delete a request before it's been approved. If the request has been approved and later returned to you, it cannot be deleted; instead, it can be closed by Payhawk Accountants and Administrators at your company.

To delete a request:

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Requests**.
2. Select the request.
3. Click on its three-dot menu and select **Delete**.
4. In the dialog that opens, click on **Delete**.

![The three-dot menu of a request pending review with Delete at the bottom, and the Delete request dialog with Delete and Cancel.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/navigation-redesign-didi_20261009_ai/editing-and-deleting-requests-02_20261009_ai.png)

## Useful resources

- [Approving and declining requests](https://help.payhawk.com/en/articles/8498949-approving-and-declining-requests)
- [Uploading and viewing receipt notes for requests](https://help.payhawk.com/en/articles/8523783-viewing-and-uploading-receipt-notes-for-requests)