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# Approve, abandon, or close reviews

As an administrator, you can bypass reviewer voting and mark a review as approved or send it for rework. You can also abandon or close reviews.

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## Bypass the review approval process

Typically, reviewers vote on a review to approve it or request changes. As an administrator, you can bypass this process and instantly approve a review or send it for rework.

For details on how to approve reviews by voting, see Vote on reviews.

To approve a review or send it for rework as an administrator:

1. On the top navigation bar, select a space from the spaces list.

2. (Optional) To restrict the scope of the search, open a product or Git repository and then a stream/branch.

3. On the sidebar, select Reviews.

4. From the review list, open a review.

5. To approve the review, click More in the upper-right corner of the page, and select Mark as Approved. To confirm, click Approve Review.

   To send the review for rework, click More and select Send for Rework. To confirm, click Send for Rework.

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## Abandon a review

As an administrator or review owner, you can abandon a review. Abandoning a review indicates that the review is no longer active and further review activity is stopped. This action cannot be reversed.

To abandon a review:

1. On the top navigation bar, select a space from the spaces list.

2. (Optional) To restrict the scope of the search, open a product or Git repository and then a stream/branch.

3. On the sidebar, select Reviews.

4. From the review list, open a review.

5. On the review page, click More in the upper-right corner of the page, and select Abandon Review.

6. Click Abandon Review to confirm.

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## Close a review

As an administrator or review owner, you can close a review.

Caution: Close reviews only if you are sure that no further work is required. You cannot make changes to a closed review.

To close a review:

1. On the top navigation bar, select a space from the spaces list.

2. (Optional) To restrict the scope of the search, open a product or Git repository and then a stream/branch.

3. On the sidebar, select Reviews.

4. From the review list, open a review.

5. Click Close Review and confirm.

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See also:

- Browse files in reviews
- Use pull requests

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