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title: "Pre-Approval Moderation of Collected Content"
url: "https://kb.getflowbox.com/en/article/pre-approval-moderation-of-collected-content"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-06-15T14:16:52.841Z"
---

# Pre-Approval Moderation of Collected Content

A guide on how to pre-approve a post in your Flow before the final approval

When [moderating collected content](https://kb.getflowbox.com/en/article/moderate-your-flow) in your Inbox, you can have the option of **pre-approve** beside **approve** and **reject**.

This feature allows you to assign someone (a junior employee) from your company to review and pre-approve the collected content. Following that, someone else (a supervisor) can quickly check the pre-approved posts and approve the final content that will be displayed on your website.

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> If you currently don't have the pre-approval option in your Flowbox dashboard and would like to use it, please contact your Customer Success Manager to enable it in your profile.

## How to pre-approve a collected post?

-   Go to the Inbox of any Flow.

-   Click on the grey thumbs-up button below the collected post to **pre-approve** that post.  
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> If you use pre-approval moderation, you users with "**Moderator**" rights can only see the grey thumbs-up buttons for pre-approval and are not able to use the green thumbs-up button to approve a post directly. Only "**Admin**" users can approve posts that will be displayed in the Flows.

This is how a "Moderator" user sees the platform when pre-approval is used:

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-   Alternatively, when you click on a post, you can find the same grey thumbs-up button in the popup window. You can pre-approve a post with this button as well.  
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-   After selecting the pre-approve option on a collected post, it is moved to the **Pre-approved** tab. From here, the post can be approved or rejected the same way [as in the regular moderation process](https://kb.getflowbox.com/en/article/moderate-your-flow).  
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![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/d198804b-76eb-47b9-a410-9557118dd23e)

## How to pre-approve multiple posts in bulk

-   Select multiple posts by clicking on the checkbox for each post. A purple bar will appear at the bottom of the screen.

-   Click on the **pre-approve** option in the bar below. This will move all selected posts to the Pre-approved tab.  
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![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/68f5cc61-0acb-4c67-a338-5aa3de8ac1d5)

## How to revert the pre-approval of a post

This option is useful if a post was pre-approved and you wish to move it back to the Inbox.

-   Go to the Pre-approved tab in any Flow.
-   Click the post on which you would like to undo the pre-approval.
-   Click the curved arrow button to revert the pre-approved status of this post. This will move back the selected post to the Inbox.  
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