---
title: "cancel(taskRequestWithIdentifier:)"
framework: backgroundtasks
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "backgroundtasks/bgtaskscheduler/cancel(taskrequestwithidentifier:)"
---

# cancel(taskRequestWithIdentifier:)

Cancel a previously scheduled task request.

## Declaration

```swift
func cancel(taskRequestWithIdentifier identifier: String)
```

## Parameters

- `identifier`: The string identifier of the task request to cancel.

## See Also

### Canceling a task

- [cancelAllTaskRequests()](backgroundtasks/bgtaskscheduler/cancelalltaskrequests().md)