A rejection reason is a configurable field when rejecting a candidate or prospect from a job and can reveal any potential trends keeping your team from making a hire.
This article covers how to delete a custom rejection reason from your organization.
Note: Only custom rejection reasons can be deleted. Default rejection reasons can only be hidden. Click here to learn more.
Delete a rejection reason
Click the Configure icon in the top right-hand corner and select Custom Options from the left-hand panel.
Select Rejection Reasons from the Custom Options page.
From the Manage Rejection Reasons page, navigate to the custom rejection reason and click Remove inline with the rejection reason name.
From the dialog box, reassign a new rejection reason to candidates already assigned this rejection reason.
Click Delete Rejection Reason.
The rejection reason is now deleted.
Note: Candidates and prospects impacted by the deletion of the rejection reason will be reassigned to the new rejection reason and will populate in reports based on their new rejection reason.
Delete a rejection reason without reassigning a new one
By default, rejection reasons are required. If you want to delete a rejection reason without reassigning a new one to affected candidates, you'll need to update your organization's permission policies by following the steps in Rejection reason requirement.
After you've removed the rejection reason requirement, you'll see the option to permanently delete the rejection reason without re-assigning a new one.