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title: "Assigning reviewers"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CDACL/689832644/Assigning%20reviewers"
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## Overview

In a content review, you can assign and unassign one or more users as a reviewer.

Look for the **+ Add reviewers** button in the approval popup:

![image](media://1d79acf1-fe7e-4891-8f13-23b927e85898)

> ℹ️ You need **view** plus **edit** or **admin** permission to add or unassign a reviewer.

## Assigning a reviewer

Choose the **+ Add Reviewer **button in the popup.

![image](media://af4721fd-f3bc-49bc-b8b2-f3908098f718)

You are presented with a search screen similar to the one shown below:

![image](media://7e25dc45-d3a0-4491-a47c-41c92b3989bf)

You can search by **full name**, **username**, or **email address**. You'll usually need to type two or more characters before the results will appear.

When you've found who you're looking for

- tick the **checkbox** on the right to select the user as an assignee
- choose the Assign button to assign them to the approval content review

If you need to leave a note for the reviewer add the message to the **Add a note **text box before you choose the blue **Assign** button

- the user sees this note in a notification
- the note is also displayed in the approval document activity report for the page

#### Saving changes

To save the assignment of the reviewer

- choose the blue **Assign **button. You will see the assignee avatar added to the approval popup:

![image](media://18875ab5-c0ce-437b-9da8-86b2095de980)

  
When the assigned reviewer visits the content they see an on-screen message displayed.

![image](media://6e3061d3-fbbd-40ac-87c9-60e2769b7ce9)

> 📝 In the approval popup, the assigned reviewer viewing the content only sees their avatar displayed if there are other assignees.

Once a content review has been assigned to a user

- all other users, including **Admin** users, are unable to undertake the review

> ℹ️ These other users are still able to assign or unassign reviewers using the approval popup.

The **Approve** and** Reject** buttons are disabled and if these are chosen the following on-screen message is displayed.

![image](media://43d25a75-aa66-47d4-b255-063d10f2472e)

> 📝 An error message may also be displayed in the approval popup. Simply refresh the content to remove the message.

## Unassigning reviewers

Although **admin** users cannot undertake an assigned content review, **admin** users can assign new reviewers and unassign existing reviewers for an approval.

To reassign or unassign reviewers choose the **PLUS** button or one of the displayed reviewer avatars in the approval popup.

![image](media://6b169a7d-c807-4cd2-845a-81c6ab49b4a3)

#### Unassign

Hover over the grey tick checkbox for the assigned user

- click to uncheck

![image](media://416cab96-950c-4069-b11f-71dbbf61eea9)

- choose the  **Unassign** button to remove the reviewer

The approval can now be undertaken by any user with **view** or **edit** permission for the page or blog.

> ℹ️ If no reviewers are assigned to an approval content review, anyone with **view** and **edit** permission can undertake the approval content review.

## [User Guide](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/690094117)

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