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How to delete a leave-type

There are 2 cases when deleting a leave-type.

There are no leaves applied under that leave-type
There are existing leaves applied under that leave-type

All leave-types other than your default leave-type can be deleted. You must have atleast one leave-type at all times.

No leaves applied under that leave-type

If there are no leaves under that leave-type applied yet then you can go to your leave-policy page ( https://app.getpause.com/leave-policy), click on the leave-type you want to delete and click on the red "Delete" button at the bottom of the panel that appears from the right.

Position of delete leave-type button on the "Leave Policy" page

Existing leaves applied under that leave-type

If your org has leaves applied under the leave-type you want to delete then the above method won't let you delete it. In that case you need to contact customer support and ask them to delete the leave-type.

When a leave-type is deleted, data of all leaves applied under that leave-type is also deleted. Please take an export of your data before asking customer support to delete that leave-type ( Export leave-related data for your organisation)

In your message to customer support please mention these things:

Name of the leave-type to delete
Confirmation that you have exported your data

Updated on: 20/03/2025

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