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title: Developer Registration auto approval
description: Understand how to configure developer registration, including auto-approval and notifications in the portal.
documentId: developer-portal-settings-developers
locale: en-US
---

A developer can [create an account](/docs/developer-portal/registration-login#create-account) in your Developer Portal to access its content.

The administrator can configure these options:

- **Auto Approval**: By default, the auto approval option is disabled.
  - ![toggle enabled](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/toggle_on_9426381ac7.png) **Enabled**: when the auto approval option is enabled, accounts are created automatically without requiring administrator approval.
  - ![toggle disabled](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/toggle_off_e8e07fc75d.png) **Disabled**: when the option is disabled, the portal administrator must manually approve each account registration made by a developer.
![screen detail](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/dev_auto_approval_detail_342b4544a5.png)

See details about the difference in the account creation process with [auto approval enabled or not](/docs/developer-portal/registration-login#account-approval).

<Callout type="NOTE" title="NOTE">
- Auto approval is available only for developers who created their accounts from Developer Portal (your instance) and with standard authentication¹.
- It **does not** change the settings of Access and Identity Management (AIM) for _Single Sign-On_ (SSO), such as [GSuite, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0](/docs/access-control/integrations).
¹ Standard authentication: when the developer uses their email and password to access the product.
</Callout>

- **Admin Notification**: click **CONFIGURE** to [add the emails](#email-notification) that will be notified for each account created.
This configuration is optional.

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## Enabling and disabling auto approval

Follow the steps below to enable or disable auto approval:

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Step 1

    Access **Portal Manager**.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Step 2

    In the side menu, click on **Settings**.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Step 3

    Click on the **Developers** tab. ![developers tab and developer auto approval option](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/dev_auto_approval_3ea9484466.png)
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Step 4

    Activate the "Auto approval" option by sliding the toggle to the right.

    <Callout type="NOTE" title="NOTE">
    - The purple toggle set to the right indicates that auto approval is enabled, allowing any developer to create an account and access your portal content.
    - The gray toggle set to the left indicates that auto approval is disabled, requiring the portal administrator to manually approve each account created.
    ![enabled and disabled toggles](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/developers_autoapproval_toggles_en_02806c4ee3.png)
    </Callout>
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Callout type="TIP" title="TIP">
See [how to approve or reject](/docs/developer-portal/invitations#approve-reject) a developer registration.
</Callout>

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## Adding emails for notifications

You can configure one or more emails to be notified when a new user is created in your Developer Portal instance.

This notification allows you to remember to manage registrations by [approving or rejecting](#activate-inactivate) the new user.

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Step 1

    Access **Portal Manager**.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Step 2

    In the side menu, click on **Settings**.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Step 3

    Click on the **Developers** tab, **CONFIGURE**, and add one or more emails. When a user is created, a message will be sent to the emails registered here.

    <Callout type="NOTE" title="NOTE">
    Use ";" (without spaces) to separate the emails.
    </Callout>

    ![modal to add emails](https://creative-ball-51b3fc85c0.media.strapiapp.com/add_email_fc6b8560be.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>