# Request leave from your phone

> Request leave or an absence in the Weplanify app, attach a supporting document, see your balance and track approval.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Mobile app
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.absences?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.absences.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-25

In Weplanify, the employee sees their leave balance and the status of each request, and creates a new one in a minute.

![Absence requests and the balance](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fapplication-mobile%2Fen-mobile-05-absences-1.webp?alt=media&token=fa77b386-5214-42ca-9c5a-206db0e2e5a0)

![A new leave request](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fapplication-mobile%2Fen-mobile-05-absences-2.webp?alt=media&token=03fe78fe-988f-4359-aea1-9709eddcc335)

## Steps

1. On the home screen, tap **Absences**: your balance and requests appear.
2. Tap **+** for a new request.
3. Choose the [absence type](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en), then the dates in the calendar.
4. Add a supporting document if needed, then tap **Save**.

## Good to know

- The request follows the [approval workflow](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.circuit-de-validation?lang=en); the employee is notified of the decision.
- Filters show approved, rejected or draft requests.
- The balance shown comes from [leave balances](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Absence types](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each absence type says whether it is paid, unpaid or deducted from the leave balance: it is the type that decides the effect on payroll.
- [Choose who approves absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.circuit-de-validation?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the leave circuit says who receives each absence request, in which order, under which conditions, and who stands in for an absent approver.
- [Leave balances](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a leave counter: earned since the return date, taken, and available balance, shown on their record and in the report.
- [The Weplanify mobile app for your employees](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile?lang=en) — What your employees do from their phone with Weplanify: clock in, see their schedule, request leave, fill in a form, read their payslips.
- [Manage leave and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Leave and absences screen gathers the whole team's requests, as a list or a calendar, with the requests to approve shown first.