diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/views/hr_recruitment_views.xml b/addons/hr_recruitment/views/hr_recruitment_views.xml
index 379141c28cc..6f9119148b5 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/views/hr_recruitment_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/views/hr_recruitment_views.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
             <header>
                 <button string="Create Employee" name="create_employee_from_applicant" type="object"
                         class="oe_highlight o_create_employee" attrs="{'invisible': ['|',('emp_id', '!=', False),('active', '=', False)]}"/>
-                <button string="Refuse" name="toggle_active" type="object" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', False)]}"/>
+                <button string="Refuse" name="archive_applicant" type="object" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', False)]}"/>
                 <button string="Restore" name="toggle_active" type="object" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', True)]}"/>
                 <field name="stage_id" widget="statusbar" options="{'clickable': '1', 'fold_field': 'fold'}" attrs="{'invisible': [('active', '=', False),('emp_id', '=', False)]}"/>
             </header>
diff --git a/addons/hr_recruitment/wizard/applicant_refuse_reason.py b/addons/hr_recruitment/wizard/applicant_refuse_reason.py
index ffb0259a571..41bd5119e4f 100644
--- a/addons/hr_recruitment/wizard/applicant_refuse_reason.py
+++ b/addons/hr_recruitment/wizard/applicant_refuse_reason.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ class ApplicantGetRefuseReason(models.TransientModel):
     applicant_ids = fields.Many2many('hr.applicant')
 
     def action_refuse_reason_apply(self):
-        return self.applicant_ids.write({'refuse_reason_id': self.refuse_reason_id.id})
+        return self.applicant_ids.write({'refuse_reason_id': self.refuse_reason_id.id, 'active': False})