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# Pending Approvals
Pending requests to join private projects & groups
### List of Pending Approvals
The approvals tab displays the pending team join requests that need approval from the team admins or as a 'network admin' you can approve them on the team admin's behalf. Approvals are triggered when a user requests to join a private project and private group.
**Name:** Name of the user requesting the approval to join a private project or private group.
**Email ID:** Email ID of the user requesting the approval to join a private project or private group.
**Requested On:** Date on which a user requests to join the private project or private group.
**Requested For:** Name of the private project or private group for which the user is requesting the approval.
**Actions:** Action to accept or decline the request of the user to join a private project or private group.
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The Approvals tab is **NOT** displayed if you do not have any pending approvals on your domain.
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### Accepting a Request in the Approvals Tab
Click the **ACCEPT** button to accept a user's join request to a private project or private group.
Optionally, nark **Automatically generate an update on the team wall with the mention of the user** to post a system generated message on the private project or private group's wall mentioning the newly joined user.
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The user’s notification preferences (for in-app and email notifications) are determined by their settings in the **User Portal** under **Change My Settings > Notifications Settings > In-app & Email**.
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### Joining a Private Project/Group
When a user requests to join a private project or group, both the **network admin** and the **team admin** receive a notification.
If **email notifications** are enabled for your domain, an email is also sent to notify you about the join request.
A **team admin** can manage join requests in two ways:
1. Navigate to the **Requests** tab within the private project or group to accept or decline the request.
2. Accept or decline the request directly from the **notifications list**.
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### Accepting a Request Via Email
To accept an approval request via email, log into your email inbox and click the email from MangoApps. Click the **View all pending requests** button to redirect you to the private project or private group's page.
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You **MUST** be the owner of the private project or private group to receive an email for the pending approvals.
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In the **Requests** tab, click the **ACCEPT** button to accept a user's join request to a private project or private group.
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### Declining a Request in the Approvals Tab
Click the **DECLINE** button to reject a user's join request to a private project or private group.
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Declining a request does **NOT** generate any notifications.
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### Accepting/Declining All Requests in the Approvals Tab
Click the **ACCEPT ALL** or **DECLINE ALL** button to accept or reject all the join requests to private projects or private groups by users on your MangoApps domain.
Accept/Decline All does **NOT** post an update on the private project or private group's wall for the approvals. A user receives a notification in the Notifications tab after you accept the join request.
**Name:** Name of the user requesting the approval to join a private project or private group.
**Email ID:** Email ID of the user requesting the approval to join a private project or private group.
**Requested On:** Date on which a user requests to join the private project or private group.
**Requested For:** Name of the private project or private group for which the user is requesting the approval.
**Actions:** Action to accept or decline the request of the user to join a private project or private group.
{% hint style="warning" %}
The Approvals tab is **NOT** displayed if you do not have any pending approvals on your domain.
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### Accepting a Request in the Approvals Tab
Click the **ACCEPT** button to accept a user's join request to a private project or private group.
{% hint style="info" %}
Declining a request does **NOT** generate any notifications.
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### Accepting/Declining All Requests in the Approvals Tab
Click the **ACCEPT ALL** or **DECLINE ALL** button to accept or reject all the join requests to private projects or private groups by users on your MangoApps domain.
Accept/Decline All does **NOT** post an update on the private project or private group's wall for the approvals. A user receives a notification in the Notifications tab after you accept the join request.