---
title: "Status icons"
description: "Each row in All Estimates shows a circular status icon — green ✓ Completed, blue 🕐 Preliminary, red ✕ Cancelled. The pill in the workspace uses the same color/shape vocabulary."
group: "reference"
lane: "reference"
status: "published"
publishedAt: 2026-05-15
sidebarOrder: 60
tags: ["reference", "status", "ui"]
relatedSlugs:
  - "estimates/change-status"
  - "reference/filters-and-urls"
sidebarLabel: "Status icons"
---

Every estimate on the **All Estimates** list shows a circular **status icon** to the left of the customer name. The icons make it possible to scan a long list at a glance and know what's where in the workflow.

## The three icons

| Icon | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Green ✓ check** | **Completed** | Finalized, delivered |
| **Blue 🕐 clock** | **Preliminary** | Work in progress (the default for new estimates) |
| **Red ✕** | **Cancelled** | Not pursuing; reversible |

The **status pill** in the workspace (top-right of an open estimate) uses the same color and shape vocabulary — a red `⊘ Cancelled` pill matches the red ✕ on the list, green Completed matches green ✓, etc. So once you've learned the icons in one place, you know them in both.

## Spelling reminder

The pill, dropdown, and breadcrumb suffix all use **Cancelled** (British). The top-nav filter tab uses **Canceled** (American). The icon and color don't change; only the text label varies. See [Find and filter estimates](/docs/reference/filters-and-urls).

## Changing status

Click the **status pill** in the workspace to change it. See [Change an estimate's status](/docs/estimates/change-status) for the full mechanics, including how Cancelled differs from a permanent delete.

## Why these three (and not more)

Status answers one question: *what should happen to this estimate next?* Three categories cover it cleanly:

- **Preliminary** → keep working on it
- **Completed** → archive / done
- **Cancelled** → archive / didn't happen

Anything finer (Sent / Approved / In Review) would put Wave in the position of tracking the carrier's workflow, which we don't try to do. If your team needs intermediate states, use [Estimate Notes](/docs/estimates/estimate-notes) or [line-item notes](/docs/estimates/add-note-to-line-item) for the context.

## Related

- [Change an estimate's status](/docs/estimates/change-status) — how to flip between statuses
- [Find and filter estimates](/docs/reference/filters-and-urls) — filter tabs that match status, and the Cancelled/Canceled split