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Managing new membership requests

View, accept, and decline new membership requests through your My Groups page. When somebody requests to join a group you own, you will see a New Membership Requests link in the group with the new request.

To manage a new request:

  1. Click the New Membership Requests link in the group description, which will open the group details page. You can also click the group description to open the details page.

    Image showing New Membership Requests link on My Groups page

  2. Click the Membership Requests button.

    Image of Membership Requests button

  3. In the Membership Requests window that appears, click Approve or Decline.

    If you approve the request, the user is automatically added to your group. If you decline the request, the user is not added to your group. In either case, the user receives a notification.