Technical Tip: How to delete approval requests

Description

This article describes how to delete approval requests via GUI and CLI for admins and normal users.

Scope

FortiPAM, FortiSRA.

Solution

On FortiPAM, normal users can see and delete approval requests via the GUI:

• Go to FortiPAM GUI and select Secrets -> My Requests
• Select the approval request to delete.
• Select 'Delete'.

Admins cannot delete the approval requests of other users via GUI, deletion should be done via CLI:

• Go to FortiPAM GUI and select Secrets -> Approvals.
• Select 'Approval Request' to delete.
• There is no option to delete Approvals.

• Go to FortiPAM CLI and run the following command:

config secret request

    delete <secret request ID>

Note: Use the same steps for FortiSRA.