# `bird email broadcasts cancel`

## Usage

```bash
bird email broadcasts cancel <broadcast-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Cancel a scheduled, accepted, or sending broadcast. Stops remaining deliveries; recipients already dispatched are not recalled. Drafts can't be canceled; delete them instead with email_broadcasts_delete.

This is destructive and cannot be undone; pass --yes to confirm.

## Examples

```bash
bird email broadcasts cancel <id> --yes
```

## Options

#### Safety

| Name                | Description                                                    |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--idempotency-key` | Deduplication key; a retry with the same key won't act twice   |
| `--yes`             | Confirm a destructive action (required; the CLI never prompts) |

#### Options

| Name                | Description                                      |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `--response-schema` | Print the fields this command returns, then exit |

## Related

| Name                                                                                            | Description                           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| [`bird email broadcasts counts`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-counts)                   | Get a broadcast's audience counts     |
| [`bird email broadcasts create`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-create)                   | Create a broadcast                    |
| [`bird email broadcasts delete`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-delete)                   | Delete a broadcast                    |
| [`bird email broadcasts get`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-get)                         | Get a broadcast                       |
| [`bird email broadcasts list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-list)                       | List broadcasts                       |
| [`bird email broadcasts list-events`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-list-events)         | List events for a broadcast           |
| [`bird email broadcasts list-recipients`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-list-recipients) | List recipients of a broadcast        |
| [`bird email broadcasts send`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-send)                       | Send a broadcast                      |
| [`bird email broadcasts update`](/docs/cli/reference/email-broadcasts-update)                   | Update a draft or scheduled broadcast |