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You hit "Submit for Review" and immediately realize something's wrong. A stray console.log, a wrong version number, the wrong zip file. It happens.
Google now lets you cancel a pending review. Here's how.
From the Dashboard
- Open the Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard.
- Find the extension with the pending submission.
- Click the three-dot menu on the listing.
- Click Cancel review.
- Confirm.
Your submission goes back to draft. Fix it, resubmit when ready. You can also find this option under Build > Package.
Via the API
If you use CI/CD or automated publishing, you can cancel programmatically:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-X POST \
https://chromewebstore.googleapis.com/v2/publishers/PUBLISHER_ID/items/EXTENSION_ID:cancelSubmission
Replace PUBLISHER_ID and EXTENSION_ID with your values. Your OAuth token needs the Chrome Web Store API scope enabled in your Google Cloud project.
Good to Know
- Six cancellations per day per publisher. If you're hitting that limit, add pre-submission checks to your workflow.
- Canceled submissions go back to draft state — nothing gets deleted.
- This only works while the submission is still in review. If it's already published, use the rollback feature instead.
For more Chrome Web Store tips, see how to rollback to a previous version.