cancel button

Stops current action

A cancel button is a user interface element that stops or abandons an action in progress.

Clicking it typically closes a dialog box without saving changes or halts an operation before completion: I hit the cancel button before the file finished downloading.

The term extends metaphorically to any means of backing out: I wish life had a cancel button.

Related

go back · undo · back · escape · red · dialog · dialog box · popup · confirm · reject · decline · click · click here · window · form · submit · never mind · nevermind

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Opposites
user action commitment

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Interface element confirming input

save button · send button · forward button · enter key

process continuation

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Initiates media playback

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G