Recall an article that is being reviewed
Recall an article that is being reviewed to make additional changes.
About this task
If ownership groups is not enabled, only the author of the article, knowledge administrators, or system administrators can recall the article.
If ownership groups is enabled, the author of the article, the ownership group manager, ownership group members, knowledge administrators, or system administrators can recall an article.
Recalling an article in the Review state results in a minor version increment.
When a revised article is in Review state, only the corresponding versions reviser can recall the article to make additional changes.
Procedure
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Navigate to Knowledge > Articles > All.
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Open an article in the Review state.
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Click Recall in the Knowledge form header.
The system returns the state of the article to Draft, increments the version number by 0.01, and displays a message to the user.
Parent Topic:Creating and maintaining articles
---
title: Recall an article that is being reviewed
description: Recall an article that is being reviewed to make additional changes.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/recall-article-in-review.html
release: australia
product: Knowledge Management
classification: knowledge-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Creating and maintaining articles, Knowledge Management, Manage content capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---
# Recall an article that is being reviewed
Recall an article that is being reviewed to make additional changes.
## About this task
If ownership groups is not enabled, only the author of the article, knowledge administrators, or system administrators can recall the article.
If ownership groups is enabled, the author of the article, the ownership group manager, ownership group members, knowledge administrators, or system administrators can recall an article.
Recalling an article in the **Review** state results in a minor version increment.
When a revised article is in **Review** state, only the corresponding versions reviser can recall the article to make additional changes.
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **Knowledge** > **Articles** > **All**.
2. Open an article in the **Review** state.
3. Click **Recall** in the Knowledge form header.
The system returns the state of the article to **Draft**, increments the version number by 0.01, and displays a message to the user.
**Parent Topic:**[Creating and maintaining articles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/creating-and-maintaining-articles.md)
| title | Recall an article that is being reviewed |
| description | Recall an article that is being reviewed to make additional changes. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/recall-article-in-review.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Knowledge Management |
| classification | knowledge-management |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Creating and maintaining articlesKnowledge ManagementManage content capabilitiesExtend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities |