--- title: Declining Applications description: After hiring a creator, promptly decline other proposals to stay organized. You can decline one or multiple at once and should send a message explaining why. Unanswered proposals auto-decline after 7 days (regular) or 14 days (pitch). Messaging a creator keeps their proposal active. When making an offer, you can auto-decline all other pending proposals once it’s accepted (except for pitch postings). --- [Skip to content](https://help.kaynuna.me/declining-proposals#main-content) ![](https://help.kaynuna.me/hs-fs/hubfs/KAYNUNA-Wordmark-White-transparency-NO-padding.png?width=200&height=32&name=KAYNUNA-Wordmark-White-transparency-NO-padding.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation How can we help you today? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Kaynuna Help Center](https://help.kaynuna.me/?hsLang=en) 2. [For Brands](https://help.kaynuna.me/for-brands?hsLang=en) 3. [Postings](https://help.kaynuna.me/for-brands?hsLang=en#postings) # Declining Applications Once you have moved forward with hiring a creator, it’s important to decline other creators who submitted proposals to your posting as a professional courtesy to them. This will also keep your Posting and Project pipelines organized. #### **Declining an application or multiple application** ![](https://help.kaynuna.me/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1752267950943-2.png?width=624&height=140&name=google-1752267950943-2.png) Multiple pending proposals selected with Decline and Send Message buttons can be found on the right. You can decline proposals on a case-by-case basis or you can decline multiple proposals at once. To do so, select the applicable proposals in your posting, and hit the Decline button. ![](https://help.kaynuna.me/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1752267950943-1.png?width=339&height=282&name=google-1752267950943-1.png) We highly recommend that you send a message alongside your decline explaining to a creator why you decided to decline their proposal. This way they won’t be waiting around unsure whether or not they got the job. #### **Auto-Decline** To make things easier for you and to provide freelancers with timely updates, unanswered proposals are automatically declined after a given time. Regular postings will be declined after 7 days and pitch postings will be declined after 14 days. Of course we’ll keep you up-to-date about these - on all related screens, you’ll see how much time is left to respond, and you’ll be able to view how long a posting has left in the Action Items section on your Dashboard. ![](https://help.kaynuna.me/hs-fs/hubfs/Rich%20Text%20Pasting/google-1752267950943.png?width=624&height=131&name=google-1752267950943.png) Need more time to think about a proposal? Sending a message to a creator will allow the proposal to remain pending. We still encourage you to respond to freelancers with individual feedback where possible. #### **Auto-Decline After Making an Offer** When you make an offer to a creator you can also choose to automatically decline all other responses. 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