SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     User Training 4: Change or Cancel Your Leave (Slack)
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/user-training-slack-change-or-cancel-your-leave/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2026-10-23
UPDATED:   2026-10-23
READING:   2 min
SUMMARY:   Change the dates or reason of a leave request, or cancel leave you no longer need.
User Training 4: Change or Cancel Your Leave (Slack)
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User Training 4: Change or Cancel Your Leave (Slack)

Plans change. Edit the dates or reason of a request, or cancel leave you no longer need.

Find Your Leave

Go to My Profile and open the Leaves tab.

  • Pending Leave Requests: requests still waiting for an answer, with Edit and Cancel.
  • Scheduled Leaves: approved leave that hasn't happened yet, with Edit and Cancel.
  • History: past, denied, cancelled and expired requests. Filter by Request, Leave type and Status.
Leaves tab on My Profile with Pending Leave Requests, Scheduled Leaves and History

Change the Dates or Reason

  1. Click Edit next to the request.
  2. Change the dates or the reason.
  3. Click Edit Leave.

You can't change the leave type. Cancel the request and send a new one instead.

Edit Leave page with dates and Reason, and the leave type greyed out

Cancel Leave

  1. Click Cancel next to the request.
  2. In Cancel Leave, click Yes.

You'll see Leave cancelled with the details and who your Approver(s) are.

Cancel Leave confirmation box with No and Yes

Send an Expired Request Again

If nobody answered a request in time, it shows as Expired under History. Click Re-send request to send it again.

In Slack

Type /vacation, click See more options, then Manage Leaves. You'll see your upcoming leave and pending requests, with Cancel Request. To change dates, use the dashboard.

Check It Worked

The request shows the new dates, or it's listed under History as Cancelled.

Common Questions

No. Cancel the request and send a new one with the right leave type.

No. Vacation Tracker updates the request for them.

What's Next?

User Training 5: Know When Your Leave Is Approved or Denied in Slack User Training 3: Check Your Leave Balance and History (Slack) User Training 2: Request Leave in the Dashboard (Slack)
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