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term: "Revocation"
category: "Mandates and authorisation"
url: https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/mandate-revocation
source: AgenticOpenFinance glossary
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# Revocation

> The principal withdrawing a mandate or consent before it expires, after which no one may act on it.

Revocation is the principal's act of withdrawing a mandate or consent before it expires, after which the agent and every party relying on it must stop acting on it. The CFPB's personal financial data rights rule requires that consumers can revoke a third party's access, and payment rules generally let a payer withdraw consent to future payments. Revocation only works if every holder of a derived token checks its status, so designs pair it with short-lived credentials.

Related terms: [Mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/mandate.md), [Mandate expiry](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/mandate-expiry.md), [Withdrawal of consent](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/consent-withdrawal.md), [Permission dashboard](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/permission-dashboard.md)