Can I close my brief to new applicants?

Yes — if you need to stop new applications to a brief you’ve already launched (wrong audience, error in the brief, or your applicant pool is already full), you can close it to new applicants by setting the application deadline to a date in the past.

How to do it

1. Open the brief in the brief editor
2. Go to Payment and Deadlines in the left nav
3. Under the Deadlines card, find Deadline for applications
4. Change it to any date in the past
5. Click Save brief in the top right

New applications stop immediately.

What creators see

A creator who hits the brief URL sees a red “can no longer apply” message confirming the application window has closed. A creator who isn’t yet on Cohley won’t find the brief on the new-briefs page at all.

This is reversible

If you want to start accepting applications again, change the Deadline for applications back to a future date and save. The brief immediately re-opens to new applicants.

Your existing applicants and accepted creators are unaffected

Closing to new applicants only stops new applications. Everyone in your applicant pool stays there. Anyone you’ve already accepted continues working on the brief as normal — content uploads, chat, change requests, and payment all proceed.