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title: Add approvals
description: Add approvals to your workspace to require additional approval before authorizing payments.
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# Add approvals

Each Expensify workspace can be configured to require additional approvals before payments are authorized. Once approvals are enabled on a workspace, admins will be able to set a default approval workflow to apply to all members of the workspace, as well as set custom approval workflows for specific members.

When workspace members submit expenses, the expenses will require approval from each approver in their approval workflow before payment is authorized.

## Add approvals on a workspace

**To enable Add approvals on a workspace you are an admin on:**

1. Click your profile image or icon in the bottom left menu
2. Click **Workspaces** in the left menu
3. Select the workspace where you want to add approvals
4. Click **Workflows** in the left menu
5. Click the toggle next to **Add approvals**

Toggling on **Add approvals** will reveal an option to set a default approval workflow.

## Configure approval workflows

**To configure the default approval workflow for the workspace:**

1. Click your profile image or icon in the bottom left menu
2. Click **Workspaces** in the left menu
3. Select the workspace where you want to set the approval workflow
4. Click **Workflows** in the left menu
5. Under **Expenses from Everyone**, click on **First approver**
6. Select the workspace member who should be the first approver in the approval workflow
7. Under **Additional approver**, continue selecting workspace members until all the desired approvers are listed
8. Click **Save**

Note: When Add approvals is enabled, the workspace must have a default approval workflow.

**To set an approval workflow that applies only to specific workspace members:**

1. Click your profile image or icon in the bottom left menu
2. Click **Workspaces** in the left menu
3. Select the workspace where you want to add approvals
4. Click **Workflows** in the left menu
5. Under **Add approvals**, click on **Add approval workflow**
6. Choose the workspace member whose expenses should go through the custom approval workfow
7. Click **Next**
8. Choose the workspace member who should be the first approver on submitted expenses in the approval workflow
9. Click **Next**
10. Click **Additional approver** to continue selecting workspace members until all the desired approvers are listed
11. Click **Add workflow** to save it

## Edit or delete approval workflows

**To edit an approval workflow:**

1. On the **Workflows** page, click the approval workflow that should be edited
2. Click on the Approver field for the approval level where the edit should be made
3. Choose the workspace member who should be set as the approver for that level, or deselect them to remove the approval level from the workflow
4. Click **Save**

**To delete an approval workflow:**

1. On the **Workflows** page, click the approval workflow that shoudld be deleted
2. Click **Delete**
3. In the window that appears,click **Delete** again

# FAQ

## Can an employee have more than one approval workflow?
No, each employee can have only one approval workflow

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