---
title: cancelContentAuthorizationRequest()
framework: avfoundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: avfoundation/avplayeritem/cancelcontentauthorizationrequest()
---

# cancelContentAuthorizationRequest()

Cancels the currently outstanding content authorization request.

## Declaration

```swift
func cancelContentAuthorizationRequest()
```

## Discussion

Discussion Calling this method while a content authorization request is pending will cause that request to be cancelled and its completion handler to be invoked with a status of AVContentAuthorizationStatus.cancelled. This method does not block.

## See Also

### Managing playback authorization in macOS

- [isContentAuthorizedForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/iscontentauthorizedforplayback.md)
- [isAuthorizationRequiredForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/isauthorizationrequiredforplayback.md)
- [isApplicationAuthorizedForPlayback](avfoundation/avplayeritem/isapplicationauthorizedforplayback.md)
- [requestContentAuthorizationAsynchronously(withTimeoutInterval:completionHandler:)](avfoundation/avplayeritem/requestcontentauthorizationasynchronously(withtimeoutinterval:completionhandler:).md)
- [contentAuthorizationRequestStatus](avfoundation/avplayeritem/contentauthorizationrequeststatus.md)
- [AVContentAuthorizationStatus](avfoundation/avcontentauthorizationstatus.md)