How To Close Your Job Posting

You can change the status of your job posting on Indeed at any time — whether you want to pause applications, close a filled role, or reopen a position. This article explains how to update your job's status and what each status means.

How to change a job's status

Sign in to your Indeed account.
Select Jobs and All Jobs on the left-hand rail.
Select the Status of the job on the right-hand side of the page.
Choose a status (Open, Paused, or Closed) from the drop-down menu.

Important: If your job posting is sourced from your career site or applicant tracking system (ATS), you'll need to remove or close it there first. This ensures it's also removed from Indeed's search results.

What each status means

Open

Your job appears in search results.
If your listing is a Sponsored Job, it can draw from your budget to help increase visibility and attract more applications.

Paused

Pause a job if you're getting a high volume of applications and want time to review candidates:

Your job is removed from search results.
Spending stops while the job is paused.
The posting remains visible in your jobs dashboard.
Candidates will also remain available for review until you close the job.

Closed

Close a job when you've made a hire or no longer need to fill the position:

Your job is removed from search results.
The job is archived for future reference in your closed job list.
The job can be used as a template for the future.
Your spending for this job stops.

Important: All outstanding payments for sponsored job postings will be processed on the first day of the following month. When you downgrade a job from Sponsored to Free, you may still incur remaining charges for billable activity on our site. These charges will never exceed your maximum budget.

FAQs

Question: Can I reopen a closed job?

Answer: Yes. You can reopen a closed job from your jobs dashboard. When you reopen a job, Indeed may ask why you are reopening it. The posted date will update when the job is reopened.

Tip: Want to post a similar job but without the previous spend or candidate history? Create a new job using the previous one as a template. You don’t need to reopen the closed job.

Question: Will pausing a Sponsored Jobs posting affect my budget?

Answer: Yes. Pausing stops all spending right away. If you reopen the job, spending may resume depending on your sponsorship settings.

Question: Will my job posting appear in search results immediately after I set it to Open?

Answer: Maybe. New or reopened jobs may go through moderation before appearing in search results.

If your job is sourced from an ATS or career site, make sure it is active there first. Changes made on Indeed alone won't override a closed or expired source feed.

In some cases, a job may also be flagged if it is ineligible for visibility or requires sponsorship.

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