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title: Enabling and Managing the Registration Approval Feature
description: Learn to manually review and approve each registration before granting event access.
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# Enabling and Managing the Registration Approval Feature
## Learn to manually review and approve each registration before granting event access.
### **Why Use This Feature?**
The Registration Approval feature allows event organizers to manually approve or reject attendees before they gain access to the event. This is especially useful for private or limited-access events.
### **How to Enable Registration Approval**
- Navigate to **Participants \> Attendees and Registrants \> Settings \> Registration Approval**.
- Enable the toggle for **"Require Approval For All Registrations."**
Once enabled, all new registrations will be marked as "Pending Approval" and require manual action.
### **Additional Email Toggles**
When the main toggle is enabled, three new toggles will appear:
- **Send Registration Confirmation Email to Approved Users:** Sends a confirmation email once a user is approved. This email is configured in the registration form.
- **Send Rejection Email to Rejected Users:** Sends an automated email when a user is marked as rejected.
- **Send Email When User is Marked as Pending Approval:** Notifies users their registration is under review after they submit the form.
Enable all these toggles if you wish to automate communications for each status.
After configuring, click **"Update Settings."**
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### **Viewing and Managing Registrants**
1. Head back to the **Attendees and Registrants** listing.
2. Click the **Column** button.
3. Scroll to find **"Registration Status"**, check it, and click **Apply**.
4. You’ll now see a **Registration Status** column in your list.
**Note:** Along with the **Registration Status** column, you’ll also find a **Status Updated At** column in both the attendee listing and export files. These provide clear visibility into the attendee's current status and the timestamp of the last status change (based on the event timezone). These fields also support sorting and filtering for better tracking and auditing of registration workflows.
New registrants will appear as **Pending Approval**. The corresponding email will be sent automatically.
**Note:** When the **Registration Approval** toggle is **disabled**, the Registration Status column will only display **Registered** and **Cancelled** statuses by default.
### **Updating Registration Status**
- Click the **status** next to a registrant to update it.
- When changed to **Approved**:
- The user receives the **confirmation email**.
- The user gains access to the event.
- When changed to **Rejected**:
- The user receives a **rejection email**.
- Access is denied.
- You can also change an **Approved** user’s status to **Cancelled** if they choose to withdraw after registering.
**Note:**
- **Rejected:** Denies access and sends a rejection email.
- **Cancelled:** Removes access post-approval (e.g., user cancels their own registration).
- You can also perform **Bulk Approve** or **Bulk Reject** actions directly from the Attendees or Registrants listing. Select multiple registrants, open the **More** menu, and confirm the action. If registration status emails are enabled, the corresponding approval or rejection emails will be sent automatically.
### **Importing Users in Registration Approval Flow**
- Ensure the **Registration Approval** and **Email Toggles** are enabled.
- Click the **Import** button.
- Download the sample **CSV template**.
- The CSV will include a **Registration Status** column along with other required fields based on your registration form.
- Upload the filled CSV.
- During import, choose which **email template to send based on status** from the dropdown.
- Click **Import** to finalize.
This allows for bulk approval, rejection, or pending status assignments with automated email communication.
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