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title: Automatically Updating Candidate Status When Documents Expire
description: This setting allows you to automatically update a candidate’s profile status when any of their documents expire. You can choose the new status by selecting from the 'Status to set to' dropdown, which includes all available candidate profile statuses.
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# Automatically Updating Candidate Status When Documents Expire

## This setting allows you to automatically update a candidate’s profile status when any of their documents expire. You can choose the new status by selecting from the 'Status to set to' dropdown, which includes all available candidate profile statuses.

1- Open any candidate profile (this setting is global and will be reflected for all candidates)  
2- Navigate to the "Documents" sections and click on the gear icon. 

![](https://learn.enginehire.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-02-2025-12-52-39-3375-AM.png?width=688&height=343&name=image-png-Sep-02-2025-12-52-39-3375-AM.png)

 

3- Enable the setting "If any document of a candidate expires, set candidate to a status"  
4- Select the relevant status from the drop-down. 

![](https://learn.enginehire.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-02-2025-12-53-49-4962-AM.png?width=1556&height=807&name=image-png-Sep-02-2025-12-53-49-4962-AM.png)

You may also find the following article helpful:  
[How to send email notifications to candidates and admins when documents are expiring](https://learn.enginehire.io/en/knowledge/how-to-send-email-notifications-to-candidates-and-admins-when-documents-are-expiring?hsLang=en)

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