# withdraw

URL: /business/nouns/consent/withdraw · Id: `verb:Consent.withdraw` · Call: `await $.Consent.withdraw({ … })` (SDK) or the `do` tool at `https://api.sb/mcp`. Inputs says what to pass, Outputs what returns, When it waits who approves.

> Withdraw ends a Consent at once: processing for its Purpose stops, and the record is kept.

Withdraw ends a [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) at once: processing for its [Purpose](/business/nouns/purpose) stops, and the record stays as proof.

## Inputs
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `consent` | [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) | Yes | The Consent to end. |

## Outputs
| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `consent` | [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) | Yes | The withdrawn Consent. |

## Effects
- Emits [`Consent.withdrawn`](/business/events/Consent.withdrawn).
- Performed by the [Privacy Officer](/agents/legal/privacy-officer).
- Two-way: it runs at once, in the `try`, `send` and `do` modes.
- Stops every queued Action that relies on the Consent.

## Refuses when
| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | [Consent.withdraw](/business/nouns/consent/withdraw) |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | [Consent.withdraw](/business/nouns/consent/withdraw) |

## When it waits
| Gate | Default |
| --- | --- |
| Decision class | Medium: two-way, visible |
| [Delay window](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/one-way-windows) | 1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs. |
| Limit | The call [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) of the [Permission](/business/nouns/permission) it runs under. |
| Over the Limit | It waits `pending` for an [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) from the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder). Approved, it runs; refused, it ends `refused` with [`limit-exceeded`](/code/api/errors/limit-exceeded); unanswered by its deadline, it ends `canceled`. |

## Example

**Ask**

```text
Withdraw the latest consent.
```

**API**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/consents/consent_1/withdraw \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com",
  "consent": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/consents/consent_1",
    "$type": "Consent",
    "basis": "Example basis"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1",
    "operation": "Consent.withdraw",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/actions/action_1"
  }
}
```

**SDK**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const consent = await $.Consent.withdraw({ consent: 'consent_1' })
```

**CLI**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Consent.withdraw --json '{"consent":"consent_1"}'
```

**MCP**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Consent.withdraw({ consent: 'consent_1' })"
  }
}
```