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# How to Set a Custom Deadline for Withdrawals
The **Withdrawal** step in your [Workflow Timeline](/getting-started/hosting-a-venue-on-openreview/navigating-your-venue-pages.md#workflow-timeline) controls when authors can withdraw their submissions. By default, authors can withdraw from the end of the submission period (the submission deadline plus a 30-minute grace period) until 52 weeks after the submission deadline. If your venue has two deadlines, both defaults are based on the full submission deadline.
Before withdrawals open, authors can delete their submission completely instead, from the submission form, until the submission deadline (plus the 30-minute grace period). If your venue has two deadlines, they can delete it until the full submission deadline.
To set your own withdrawal deadline:
1. Open the Workflow Timeline for your venue and expand the **Withdrawal** step.
2. Click **Edit** next to **Dates**.
3. Set the **Expiration Date** to the last date and time when authors can withdraw. You can also change the **Activation Date** to change when withdrawals open.
4. Click **Submit**.
The Dates editor of the Withdrawal step, as Program Chairs see it.
The withdrawal forms for existing submissions are updated with the new dates.
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If you later extend the submission period past the withdrawal activation date, the **Withdrawal** activation date moves to the end of the new submission period. If your venue has two deadlines and you move the **Expiration Date** of the **Full Submission** step past your withdrawal **Expiration Date**, the withdrawal expiration date is reset to 52 weeks after the new Full Submission expiration date. Check your withdrawal dates after changing submission deadlines.
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