# Withdraw an observation-policy approval

Withdraw a definition when its agreed source meaning changes. Existing locally approved releases stay pinned; future bindings need a valid review.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/guides/configsheets-validity-withdrawal

Audience: Reviewer

Withdraw a definition when its agreed source meaning changes. Existing locally approved releases stay pinned; future bindings need a valid review.

## Withdraw an observation-policy approval

1. **Read the retained approval**

   Read the retained approval

   Confirm the version being withdrawn. This action concerns authoring approval, not the separate withdrawal of an actual source observation.

2. **Record the changed requirement**

   Record the changed requirement

   Explain why this definition must no longer qualify a new binding.

3. **Withdraw this version**

   Withdraw this version

   Keep the original proof and review in history while withdrawing future authoring approval.

4. **Read the withdrawal evidence**

   Read the withdrawal evidence

   Reload the retained reason and version. Actual source observation withdrawal remains a separate Data Owner action.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/automation/demo?guide=configsheets-validity-withdrawal&chapter=complete-work&audience=office)

This version no longer qualifies new bindings. Existing local releases are not silently rewritten.