# Cancel a Metadata Deployment

You can cancel a metadata deployment from Salesforce CLI and specify a wait time for the command to complete.

To cancel your most recent deployment, run `project deploy cancel --use-most-recent`. You can cancel earlier deployments by using the `--job-id <JOBID>` flag to specify the deployment that you want to cancel.

```nolang
sf project deploy cancel --job-id <jobid>
```

The default wait time for the cancel command to complete and display its results in the terminal window is 33 minutes. If the command isn’t completed by the end of the wait period, the CLI returns control of the terminal window to you. You can adjust the wait time as needed by specifying the number of minutes in the `--wait` flag, as shown in the following example:

```nolang
sf project deploy cancel --wait 20 --use-most-recent
```

Curious about the status of a canceled deployment? Run a deployment report.

```nolang
sf project deploy report --use-most-recent
```