What Happens When You Opt Out of Chatter Approval Requests from Classic Approval Processes?
By default, when your org has Approvals in Chatter enabled, you receive approval request notifications by email and Chatter. Here’s what happens when you opt out of the Chatter posts.
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- If you opt out while an approval that you’re assigned to is in progress, you see notification posts if you’re following the approval record.
- If you’re following the approval record, you see approval posts from the record with non-approver content.
- For approval notification posts that you’ve already received, you see non-approver content.
- The Approve and Reject buttons are removed from existing approval posts in your feed.