> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://absentify.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bulk edit approvers

> Bulk-edit approvers in absentify from Settings, Users. Add, replace, or remove approvers for several users in one action.

You can change approvers for several users at once on **Settings** > **Users**.

1. Select the users.
2. Select **Bulk edit**, then **Manage approvers**.
3. Choose **Add approvers**, **Edit approvers**, or **Remove approvers**, then select **Continue**.

The dialog explains each mode.

To change approvers for one user, open the [Approver](/docs/en/roles/hr_admins/settings/users/edit/approver) tab.

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## Who Add and Remove can update

**Add approvers** and **Remove approvers** only update users whose approver setting is **Custom**.

Users who use a department's managers, Microsoft profile manager sync, or **No approver** are skipped. Use **Edit approvers** to change that setting.

**Remove approvers** also skips a user when the last custom approver would be removed. Use **Edit approvers** if you need **No approver**.

A user cannot be their own approver.

If some of the approvers you add are already assigned and others are not, the user is updated for those who were missing and counted as **Partial**.

If **Other departments** is off in [Privacy](/docs/en/roles/hr_admins/settings/general/privacy#other-departments), an approver you choose must share a department with the user. Otherwise that user is skipped.

Adding a second approver needs [More than one approver](/docs/en/roles/hr_admins/settings/plan-feature-matrix#absences-and-policies).

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## Edit approvers

**Edit approvers** opens the same form as the [Approver](/docs/en/roles/hr_admins/settings/users/edit/approver) tab. You choose the setup. It replaces the setup for every selected user.

If you choose a department, users who are not members of that department are skipped.

If you choose **Synchronizes the managers from the user's Microsoft profile**, each user uses the managers from their own Microsoft profile.

If you choose **Custom**, a user is skipped when the only remaining approver would be themselves.

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## After you apply

absentify shows **Successful**, **Not successful**, and **Partial**. **Partial** counts users where some of the approvers you chose were already assigned. Select **Finish** when the run completes.