# Set up Approval Teams

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Approval teams can be created at the Space level by a Space admin or at the Global level by a Confluence admin. These teams can then be assigned to Spaces in the Space configuration

Find out how to set up approval teams on this page.

## Step-by-Step

### 1\. Open Space Settings

Navigate to the space where you want to use approval teams. From the sidebar, select **Space Settings** → **Capable** → **Approval**.

> 📝 Teams are configured globally across your Confluence instance, but they must be set up for each space before you can use them there.

![Confluence Space Admin Screen](https://help.gocapable.com/images/b929ea39-f477-44c2-98f2-740d91702bfe.webp)

Click on Capable or Capable Approval in the sidebar

### 2\. Create Teams of People

In the Approval Teams section, click **Manage Teams** to define your groups.

* Give each team a clear name (e.g. “Legal Reviewers”, “IT Change Board”).
* Add individual users to the team.
* Optionally, define rules like **Quorum**, **Expiration**, or **Publishing** behavior.

> 💡 Only Confluence admins can manage teams by default, but you can delegate this. Just add specific users or groups to the **Team Managers** list on the **Manage Teams** page.

![Confluence Approval Space Settings](https://help.gocapable.com/images/ba3dcc9a-d448-4778-9537-3d61c13a0430.webp)

Manage Teams from the Space Configuration

![Create Approval Teams in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/images/66f09ed4-acdd-407f-8200-e100b5d02865.webp)

Create or update teams

### 3\. Configure the Team’s Approval Settings

Each team can have pre-defined approval rules:

* **Quorum size** – how many team members must approve.
* **Expiration** – how long an approval request stays active.
* **Publishing** – whether approval triggers publishing automatically.

These settings will be reused whenever the team is selected for an approval.

![Set up Space Teams in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/images/7ef9c830-6dc6-41c9-a3ac-9e7855d95bd7.webp)

Set up Team Approval settings

### 4\. Enable the Team in Your Space

Once a team exists, return to your space’s Approval Teams section and click **Add to Space**. Now that team will show up as an option when adding approvals to pages in this space.

![Add approvals from teams in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/images/e00e8442-bbda-4f0f-b3c4-a3f21c5fe416.webp)

Now your teams can be selected from the byline menu