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title: Approving new members | Pairc Goodman
description: Let new members into your community when your community approves people before they join.
canonical: https://pairc-goodman.com/help/admins/admin_members/admin_approve_members
generated: 2026-10-24T02:14:07.867Z
---Managing members

# Approving new members

Let new members into your community when your community approves people before they join.

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If your community approves people before they can use the site, new sign-ups wait as **Pending** until you let them in.

## Seeing who is waiting

When people are waiting, you see **Pending Approvals** with a number under **Needs Attention** at the top of the admin menu. The dashboard also shows a **Members awaiting approval** card.

## Approving one person

1. Press Pending Approvals, or open Users and choose the Pending tab.
2. Find the person and press the three-dot button on their row.
3. Press Approve.
4. Confirm in the window that opens.

The member is sent an approval email and can now use the site. If your community gives new members a starting balance, they receive it now.

## Approving several people

Tick the box next to each person, then press **Approve** in the bar that appears.

## If you do not want to approve someone

Leave them pending while you find out more. If you decide not to let them in, you can **Ban** them or **Delete** their account from the same menu.

Brokers can approve members too, from **Members** or **Onboarding** in the Broker Panel.

[Go to this page](/admin/users)

## More guides in this topic

[Finding a member](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_find_member) [Making someone a broker or an admin](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_change_role) [Suspending, banning or reactivating a member](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_suspend_ban) [Deleting a member's account](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_delete_member) [Adding members yourself](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_add_members) [Helping a member who cannot sign in](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_sign_in_help) [Setting up the welcome steps for new members](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_onboarding_steps) [Checking members' identity](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_identity_verification) [Keeping notes, tasks and tags about members](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_crm_notes) [Handling a member's request about their data](/help/admins/admin_members/admin_data_requests)

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